CVE-2021-41189

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-41189
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-41189.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2021-41189
Aliases
Published
2021-10-29T18:15:08.167Z
Modified
2026-07-22T03:45:00.005769Z
Severity
  • 7.2 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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

Affected packages

Git / github.com/dspace/dspace

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/dspace/dspace
Events
Introduced
69345ff3fce834d45d0571a340b286b2777ecf49
Last affected
69345ff3fce834d45d0571a340b286b2777ecf49
Fixed
277b499a5cd3a4f5eb2370513a1b7e4ec2a6e041
Fixed
c3bea16ab911606e15ae96c97a1575e1ffb14f8a
Database specific
Show details 
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    ],
    "source": [
        "CPE_STRING",
        "REFERENCES"
    ],
    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:duraspace:dspace:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
}

Affected versions

7.*
7.0
dspace-7.*
dspace-7.0

Database specific

source 
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vanir_signatures_modified 
"2026-07-22T03:45:00Z"