CVE-2021-41189: Incorrect Authorization

October 29, 2021 (updated November 3, 2021)

DSpace is an open source turnkey repository application, any community or collection administrator can escalate their permission up to become system administrator. As a workaround, users of may temporarily disable the ability for community or collection administrators to manage permissions or workflows settings.

References

github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/277b499a5cd3a4f5eb2370513a1b7e4ec2a6e041
github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/c3bea16ab911606e15ae96c97a1575e1ffb14f8a
github.com/DSpace/DSpace/issues/7928
github.com/DSpace/DSpace/security/advisories/GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41189

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