CVE-2021-43834

Incorrect Authentication in elabftw

Published Dec 15, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 9.1 Critical EPSS 1.0% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-30713 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.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 4:10 AM
Reserved
Nov 16, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 16, 2021, 12:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:11 AM