What is CVE-2023-42504?

CVE-2023-42504 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Superset, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2023-11-28.

How severe is CVE-2023-42504?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Apache Superset

CVE-2023-42504

An authenticated malicious user could initiate multiple concurrent requests, each requesting multiple dashboard exports, leading to a possible denial of service. This issue affects Apache Superset: before 3.0.0

Published 2023-11-28 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (65.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 66th percentile — 65.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Superset
Apache Software Foundation Superset — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-770 — Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

References

lists.apache.org/thread/yzq5gk1y9lyw6nxwd3xdkxg1djqw1h6l (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/28/6 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42504?: CVE-2023-42504 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Superset, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 5.8/10. Published 2023-11-28.
How severe is CVE-2023-42504?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.8 out of 10.