CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-41189
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2021-10-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 9.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-863
Description
DSpace is an open source turnkey repository application. In version 7.0, any community or collection administrator can escalate their permission up to become system administrator. This vulnerability only exists in 7.0 and does not impact 6.x or below. This issue is patched in version 7.1. As a workaround, users of 7.0 may temporarily disable the ability for community or collection administrators to manage permissions or workflows settings.
Affected configurations
• duraspace dspace 7.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization weakness
References
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/277b499a5cd3a4f5eb2370513a1b7e4ec2a6e041 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/c3bea16ab911606e15ae96c97a1575e1ffb14f8a Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/7928 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/security/advisories/GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8 Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/277b499a5cd3a4f5eb2370513a1b7e4ec2a6e041 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/c3bea16ab911606e15ae96c97a1575e1ffb14f8a Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/7928 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/security/advisories/GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8 Third Party Advisory