{"cve":"CVE-2021-41189","nvd":{"published":"2021-10-29T18:15:08.167","modified":"2026-06-17T04:08:03.510","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.2},"cwes":["CWE-863"],"references":["https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/277b499a5cd3a4f5eb2370513a1b7e4ec2a6e041","https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/c3bea16ab911606e15ae96c97a1575e1ffb14f8a","https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/7928","https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/security/advisories/GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8","https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/277b499a5cd3a4f5eb2370513a1b7e4ec2a6e041"],"products":["duraspace:dspace"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:24:39.218183596+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2021-41189","score":0.02056,"percentile":0.8129,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8","summary":"Communities and collections administrators can escalate their privilege up to system administrator","modified":"2026-07-08T06:27:55.812737462Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Maven","name":"org.dspace:dspace-api","purl":"pkg:maven/org.dspace/dspace-api","ranges":[">=7.0 <7.1"],"fixed":["7.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}