CVE-2021-34802 describes a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Neo4j Graph Database versions 4.2 and 4.3. This flaw stems from a failure to properly reset the security context during certain transaction actions, enabling authenticated users to execute commands with elevated privileges. With a CVSS score of 8.8, the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low privileges and no user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:neo4j:graph_databse:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:neo4j:graph_databse:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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