High

Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Luigi

  • Disclosed: 20.12.2018
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:20

Luigi version prior to version 2.8.0; after commit 53b52e12745075a8acc016d33945d9d6a7a6aaeb; after GitHub PR spotify/luigi/pull/1870 contains a Cross ite Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in API endpoint: /api/<method> that can result in Task metadata such as task name, id, parameter, etc. will be leaked to unauthorized users. This attack appear to be exploitable via The victim must visit a specially crafted webpage from the network where their Luigi server is accessible.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.8.0 and later.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Python (PyPI) luigi < 2.8.0 2.8.0

References

CVSS score 8.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-352
Platform
Python (PyPI)
Package
luigi
Disclosed
20.12.2018
Updated
11.10.2026 11:20

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - PYSEC-2018-11 - PyPA Advisory Database; CC BY 4.0

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-p69g-f978-xxv9 - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: luigi

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Python (PyPI)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

Total entries
2
First → latest
12.2018 12.2024
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • High 2

Disclosures per year

  1. 2018: 1
  2. 2019: 0
  3. 2020: 0
  4. 2021: 0
  5. 2022: 0
  6. 2023: 0
  7. 2024: 1
  8. 2025: 0
  9. 2026: 0
  1. Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Luigi this entry
    High · 8.8 CVE-2018-1000843 < 2.8.0 2.8.0

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