Vulnerability in Eigentech Natural Language Processing
CVE-2021-38617
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.
EPSS: 0.014 (70.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Eigentech Natural_language_processing — versions 3.10.1
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2021-38617?
- CVE-2021-38617 is a high-severity vulnerability in Eigentech Natural Language Processing. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2021-09-07.
- How severe is CVE-2021-38617?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.