Auth bypass in Talend Data Catalog

CVE-2021-42837

An issue was discovered in Talend Data Catalog before 7.3-20210930. After setting up SAML/OAuth, authentication is not correctly enforced on the native login page. Any valid user from the SAML/OAuth provider can be used as the username with an arbitrary password, and login will succeed.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.012 (66.9th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 67th percentile — 66.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-42837: held from 0.012 to 0.012.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.012 · newest: 0.012 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42837?
CVE-2021-42837 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Talend Data Catalog, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-11-05.
How severe is CVE-2021-42837?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.