CVE-2021-38617 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2021-38617

In Eigen NLP 3.10.1, a lack of access control on...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

natural language processing
Vulnerable Versions:
3.10.1

Timeline

Official Publish: September 7th, 2021
Last Modified: May 30th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.