TI-2021-16199 Aliases CVE-2021-38617 GHSA-hgc9-x857-7qx4

In Eigen NLP 3.10.1, a lack of access control on the /auth/v1/user/ user creation…

MEDIUM 41Published 2021-09-07 · Updated 2025-05-30

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01413 72nd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:eigentech:natural_language_processing:3.10.1:::::::*	3.10.1	Vulnerable	Eigentech

cpe:2.3:a:eigentech:natural_language_processing:3.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.10.1 Vulnerable ·Eigentech

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-38617
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hgc9-x857-7qx4

References

Advisory 3

Other 1

https://cds.thalesgroup.com/en/tcs-cert/CVE-2021-38617

TI-2021-16198 In Eigen NLP 3.10.1, a lack of access control on the /auth/v1/user/{user-guid}/ user… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2021-16197 In Eigen NLP 3.10.1, a lack of access control on the /auth/v1/sso/config/ SSO… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1

Sources

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