Critical severity9.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 16, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-43834
CVE-2021-43834
Description
eLabFTW is an electronic lab notebook manager for research teams. In versions prior to 4.2.0 there is a vulnerability which allows an attacker to authenticate as an existing user, if that user was created using a single sign-on authentication option such as LDAP or SAML. It impacts instances where LDAP or SAML is used for authentication instead of the (default) local password mechanism. Users should upgrade to at least version 4.2.0.
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References
2- github.com/elabftw/elabftw/releases/tag/4.2.0nvdRelease NotesThird Party Advisory
- github.com/elabftw/elabftw/security/advisories/GHSA-98rp-gx76-33phnvdThird Party Advisory
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