Incorrect Authentication in elabftw
CVE-2021-43834

9.1CRITICAL

Key Information:

Vendor

Elabftw

Status
Elabftw
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 December 2021

What is CVE-2021-43834?

eLabFTW is an electronic lab notebook manager for research teams. In versions prior to 4.2.0 there is a vulnerability which allows an attacker to authenticate as an existing user, if that user was created using a single sign-on authentication option such as LDAP or SAML. It impacts instances where LDAP or SAML is used for authentication instead of the (default) local password mechanism. Users should upgrade to at least version 4.2.0.

Affected Version(s)

elabftw < 4.2.0

References

https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/releases/tag/4.2.0
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https://github.com/elabftw/elabftw/security/advisories/GH...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.1
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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