What is CVE-2023-42505?

CVE-2023-42505 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Superset, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-11-28.

How severe is CVE-2023-42505?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Information disclosure in Apache Superset

CVE-2023-42505

An authenticated user with read permissions on database connections metadata could potentially access sensitive information such as the connection's username. This issue affects Apache Superset before 3.0.0.

Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure

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

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 62nd percentile — 61.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Apache Superset
Apache Software Foundation Superset — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-200 — Information Disclosure

References

lists.apache.org/thread/bd0fhtfzrtgo1q8x35tpm8ms144d1t2y (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/11/28/5 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-42505?: CVE-2023-42505 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Superset, classified under Information Disclosure. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2023-11-28.
How severe is CVE-2023-42505?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.