CVSS 3.1
7.2 highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2021-41189
High (7.2) in duraspace dspace. EPSS 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. Fixed in org.dspace:dspace-api 7.1.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 81% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-863
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- duraspace:dspace
Packages (OSV)
| Advisory | Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8 | Maven | org.dspace:dspace-api | >=7.0 <7.1 | 7.1 |
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