Vulnerabilities > CVE-2021-41189 - Incorrect Authorization vulnerability in Duraspace Dspace 7.0

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
HIGH
Confidentiality impact
HIGH
Integrity impact
HIGH
Availability impact
HIGH
network
low complexity
duraspace
CWE-863
NVD
Published: 2021-10-29
Updated: 2024-11-21

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Duraspace
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

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