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CVE-2021-25940: ArangoDB - Insufficient Session Expiration after Password Change

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.0 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-11-16 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-613

Description

In ArangoDB, versions v3.7.6 through v3.8.3 are vulnerable to Insufficient Session Expiration. When a user’s password is changed by the administrator, the session isn’t invalidated, allowing a malicious user to still be logged in and perform arbitrary actions within the system.

Affected products

• arangodb: from 3.7.6 through 3.8.3

References

• https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb/commit/e9c6ee9dcca7b9b4fbcd02a0b323d205bee838d3
• https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25940
• https://github.com/arangodb/arangodb/commit/e9c6ee9dcca7b9b4fbcd02a0b323d205bee838d3
• https://www.whitesourcesoftware.com/vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25940

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