SCA: security update for org.dspace:dspace-api (GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413837

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- DSpace is an open source turnkey repository application. In version 7.0, any community or collection
administrator can escalate their permission up to become system administrator. This vulnerability only
exists in 7.0 and does not impact 6.x or below. This issue is patched in version 7.1. As a workaround,
users of 7.0 may temporarily disable the ability for community or collection administrators to manage
permissions or workflows settings. (CVE-2021-41189)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 413837

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41189

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/1/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41189

cwe: CWE-863