CVE-2021-38617 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

In Eigen NLP 3.10.1, a lack of access control on the /auth/v1/user/ user creation endpoint allows a standard user to create a super user account with a defined password. This directly leads to privilege escalation.

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 Low

Authentication Single

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00881.

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-2021-25057	In Eigen NLP 3.10.1, a lack of access control on the /auth/v1/user/ user creation endpoint allows a standard user to create a super user account with a defined password. This directly leads to privilege escalation.

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-2021-38617
https://eigentech.com/
https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/
https://excellium-services.com/cert-xlm-advisory/CVE-2021-38617

History

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

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2021-38617

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2021-09-07T11:18:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T16:01:55.222Z

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

Link: CVE-2021-38617

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2021-09-07T12:15:07.880

Modified: 2025-05-30T16:15:28.597

Link: CVE-2021-38617

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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