ArangoDB - Insufficient Session Expiration after Password Change
Priority HIGH 73CWE-613Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-613.
Summary
In ArangoDB, versions v3.7.6 through v3.8.3 are vulnerable to Insufficient Session Expiration. When a user’s password is changed by the administrator, the session isn’t invalidated, allowing a malicious user to still be logged in and perform arbitrary actions within the system.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00806 57th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-25940
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p437-2c77-84p4
References
More Arangodb vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-07946 Cross-site scripting in ArangoDB CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2021-07947 ArangoDB - Blind SSRF when Downloading Foxx Service from URL CVSS 3.1LOW 2.7
Sources
- CVE-2021-25940 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-25940 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-p437-2c77-84p4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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