{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38617 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2021-38617 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2021-38617 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Sep 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2021-38617 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2021-38617 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Sep 2021. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-38617 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38617/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38617/index.md)","id":"CVE-2021-38617","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38617/index.md","name":"CVE-2021-38617","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-hgc9-x857-7qx4"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"no_fix_stated","impacts":["privilege_escalation","account_takeover"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Eigen NLP","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A missing access control in Eigen NLP allows standard users to create super user accounts, leading to privilege escalation and account takeover.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"missing_authorization"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"natural_language_processing","vendor":"eigentech"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:N/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Missing authorization in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38617","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"missing_authorization","year":"2021"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"Auth bypass in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38618"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38616"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2021-09-07","related":[{"cvss_score":7.6,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38616","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-09-07"},{"cvss_score":6.3,"headline":"Missing authorization in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-38615","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-09-07"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2025-05-30","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"A missing access control in Eigen NLP allows standard users to create super user accounts, leading to privilege escalation and account takeover.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-38617/"}