Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-36801

HighPublic PoC

Published: 04 August 2021

Published
04 August 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
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Patch
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CVSS Score v3.1 8.1 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
EPSS Score 0.0029 52.2th percentile
Risk Priority 16 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-36801 is a high-severity Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639) vulnerability in Akaunting Akaunting. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 47.8% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Akaunting version 2.1.12 and earlier suffers from an authentication bypass issue in the user-controllable field, companies[0]. This issue was fixed in version 2.1.13 of the product.

CWE(s)
CWE-639

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

akaunting
akaunting
≤ 2.1.12

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

AC-24 Access Control Decisions
addresses: CWE-639

Per-request decision making makes it harder to bypass authorization using user-controlled keys without proper validation in the decision process.

AC-3 Access Enforcement
addresses: CWE-639

Consistent enforcement of approved authorizations makes bypassing via user-controlled keys ineffective.

References