CVE-2021-41189

HIGH

DSpace 7.0 - Incorrect Authorization

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (4)

Core 4

Scores

CVSS v3 7.2
EPSS 0.0199
EPSS Percentile 78.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-863
Status published
Products (2)
duraspace/dspace 7.0
org.dspace/dspace-api 7.0 - 7.1Maven
Published Oct 29, 2021
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026