ArangoDB - Insufficient Session Expiration after Password Change

published 2021-11-16 4 y ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also BIT-arangodb-2021-25940 , EUVD-2021-12797

cvss: 8.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.8%; EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 57%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 links 1

bitnami arangodb 3.8.4

github.com/arangodb/arangodb@e9c6ee9 commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: Proof of concept is public
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 18 mo ago (2025-04-30)

Exploit prediction

0.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 57% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	8.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.0	AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
OSV	3.1	8.0	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem	package	affected	fixed in
bitnami	arangodb	>=3.7.6, <3.8.4	3.8.4

Affected products

arangodb arangodb

Classification

Weakness

CWE-613 DEPRECATED: Insufficient Session Expiration

References

github.com /arangodb/arangodb/commit/e9c6ee9dcca7b9b4fbcd02a0b323d205bee838d3
patch, third-party-advisory, advisory
whitesourcesoftware.com /vulnerability-database/CVE-2021-25940
third-party-advisory, advisory
nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2021-25940
web

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary