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CVE-2021-34802: Improper Privilege Management

May 24, 2022 (updated June 21, 2022)

A failure in resetting the security context in some transaction actions in Neo4j Graph Database 4.2 and 4.3 could allow authenticated users to execute commands with elevated privileges.

References

  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-2w4h-f44w-968f
  • neo4j.com/
  • neo4j.com/developer/kb/neo4j-4-2-x-sec-vuln-fix/
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-34802

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Affected versions

All versions starting from 4.2.0 up to 4.2.7

Fixed versions

  • 4.2.8

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.2.8 or above.

Impact 8.8 HIGH

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

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Weakness

  • CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management
  • CWE-78: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')

Source file

maven/org.neo4j/neo4j-kernel/CVE-2021-34802.yml

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