VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-38617

CVSS score8.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.41%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-09-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references