CVE-2018-1000843 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in luigi. 3 public exploit or proof-of-concept references are indexed, so weaponization risk is real. A fix is available for luigi — see the affected versions and patch details below.
Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) in Luigi
EPSS Exploitation Probability
Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, from FIRST.org EPSS.
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Real-World Exposure
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Description
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.
Affected Packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🐍PyPI | luigi | all versions | 2.8.0pip install --upgrade 'luigi==2.8.0' |
Affected Products
luigispotifyResearch use only. For defensive security, authorized penetration testing, and academic research only. Never execute exploit code against systems without explicit written authorization.
Detection & mitigation playbook
Open-source dependencyDetect
Scan your dependency tree (package-lock.json, pnpm-lock.yaml, requirements.txt, go.sum, etc.) for luigi, including transitive dependencies — a direct dependency you never call can still pull in a vulnerable version.
Fix
Update luigi to 2.8.0 or later, then make sure no transitive (indirect) dependency still pins the vulnerable range — O3 confirms CVE-2018-1000843 is resolved across your whole dependency graph.
Workarounds
If you can't upgrade right away: gate or disable the affected feature, validate untrusted input at the boundary, and avoid passing attacker-controlled data into the vulnerable path. O3's runtime protection blocks exploitation in production as an interim safeguard until the upgrade lands.
Frequently Asked Questions
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