QID 980119

QID 980119: Java (maven) Security Update for org.dspace:dspace-api (GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8)

Security update has been released for org.dspace:dspace-api to fix the vulnerability.

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Any community or collection administrator can escalate their permission up to become system administrator.

This vulnerability only existed in 7.0 and does not impact 6.x or below.

CVSS V3 rated as High - 7.2 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Critical - 9 severity.

Solution

Fix is included in [7.1](https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/releases/tag/dspace-7.1). Please upgrade to 7.1 at your earliest convenience.Workaround:
In 7.0, temporarily disable the ability for community or collection administrators to manage permissions or workflows settings, i.e. set the following properties in your local.cfg / dspace.cfg file
```
core.authorization.collection-admin.policies = false
core.authorization.community-admin.policies = false
core.authorization.community-admin.collection.workflows = false
```
Once upgraded to 7.1, these settings can be safely reverted to the default values of `true`.

Vendor References

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

CVEs related to QID 980119

CVE-2021-41189 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8	org.dspace:dspace-api		github.com/advisories/GHSA-cf2j-vf36-c6w8

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