CVE-2021-38616 describes a critical access control vulnerability in Eigen NLP version 3.10.1, allowing any authenticated user to escalate their privileges by modifying the user_permissions array via a PATCH request to the /auth/v1/user/{user-guid}/ endpoint. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), indicating a network-exploitable vulnerability with low attack complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eigentech:natural_language_processing:3.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.