CVE-2021-38616 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Eigen NLP 3.10.1, a lack of access control on the /auth/v1/user/{user-guid}/ user edition endpoint could permit any logged-in user to increase their own permissions via a user_permissions array in a PATCH request. A guest user could modify other users' profiles and much more.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00901.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Eigentech	Natural Language Processing

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:eigentech:natural_language_processing:3.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2021-25056	In Eigen NLP 3.10.1, a lack of access control on the /auth/v1/user/{user-guid}/ user edition endpoint could permit any logged-in user to increase their own permissions via a user_permissions array in a PATCH request. A guest user could modify other users' profiles and much more.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2021-38616
https://eigentech.com/
https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/
https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2021-38616

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2021-38616

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-09-07T11:21:28.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T16:01:41.560Z

Reserved: 2021-08-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2021-38616

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-07T12:15:07.827

Modified: 2025-05-30T16:15:28.450

Link: CVE-2021-38616

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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