CVE-2021-25940 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In ArangoDB, versions v3.7.6 through v3.8.3 are vulnerable to Insufficient Session Expiration. When a user’s password is changed by the administrator, the session isn’t invalidated, allowing a malicious user to still be logged in and perform arbitrary actions within the system.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00274.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Arangodb	Arangodb

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:arangodb:arangodb:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-12797	In ArangoDB, versions v3.7.6 through v3.8.3 are vulnerable to Insufficient Session Expiration. When a user’s password is changed by the administrator, the session isn’t invalidated, allowing a malicious user to still be logged in and perform arbitrary actions within the system.

Fixes

Solution

Update to v3.9.0-alpha.1 or later

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb/commit/e9c6ee9dcca7b9b4fbcd02a0b323d205bee838d3
https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25940

History

Wed, 30 Apr 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Mend

Published: 2021-11-16T09:25:09.000Z

Updated: 2025-04-30T15:45:47.172Z

Reserved: 2021-01-22T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-25940

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T20:19:18.989Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-11-16T10:15:06.783

Modified: 2024-11-21T05:55:38.640

Link: CVE-2021-25940

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

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