TI-2021-18028 Aliases CVE-2021-41189 GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8

Communities and collections administrators can escalate their privilege up to system administrator

LOW 36CWE-863Published 2021-10-29 · Updated 2024-08-04

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02056 81st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD

Fix Fixed DSpace (DSpace): 7.1org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven): 7.1

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
DSpace	DSpace	7.0 to before 7.1	7.1	Patch available	CNA
—	org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven)	7.0 to before 7.1	7.1	Patch available	GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8

DSpace VendorDSpace Affected 7.0 to before 7.1 Fixed in 7.1 Patch available CNA
org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Vendor— Affected 7.0 to before 7.1 Fixed in 7.1 Patch available GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:duraspace:dspace:7.0:::::::*	7.0	Vulnerable	DSpace

cpe:2.3:a:duraspace:dspace:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 7.0 Vulnerable ·DSpace

Remediation

Fix · CNA DSpace (DSpace) Fixed in 7.1
Fix · GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8 org.dspace:dspace-api (Maven) Fixed in 7.1 Advisory →

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-41189
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8

References

Exploit 1

https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/7928

Patch 2

Advisory 2

Other 1

https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace

TI-2022-13234 Path traversal vulnerabilities in DSpace JSPUI submission upload CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
TI-2022-13235 Path traversal vulnerability in Simple Archive Format package import in DSpace CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
TI-2016-08766 The XMLUI feature in DSpace before 3.6, 4.x before 4.5, and 5.x before 5.5 allows… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
TI-2022-13233 URL Redirection to Untrusted Site in Dspace JSPUI CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2022-13232 Cross Site Scripting possible in DSpace JSPUI "Request a Copy" feature CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1
TI-2022-13231 Cross Site Scripting possible in DSpace JSPUI spellcheck and autocomplete tools CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.1

See all 8 →

Sources

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