High severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 29, 2021· Updated Aug 4, 2024
Communities and collections administrators can escalate their privilege up to system administrator
CVE-2021-41189
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.
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Affected packages
Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.
| Package | Affected versions | Patched versions |
|---|---|---|
org.dspace:dspace-apiMaven | >= 7.0, < 7.1 | 7.1 |
Affected products
2Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
6- github.com/advisories/GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8ghsaADVISORY
- nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41189ghsaADVISORY
- github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/277b499a5cd3a4f5eb2370513a1b7e4ec2a6e041ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/c3bea16ab911606e15ae96c97a1575e1ffb14f8aghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/7928ghsax_refsource_MISCWEB
- github.com/DSpace/DSpace/security/advisories/GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8ghsax_refsource_CONFIRMWEB
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