High

Improper Privilege Management in Neo4j Graph Database

  • Disclosed: 24.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 11:22

A failure in resetting the security context in some transaction actions in Neo4j Graph Database 4.2 could allow authenticated users to execute commands with elevated privileges.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Java / Kotlin (Maven) org.neo4j:neo4j-kernel >= 4.2.0, < 4.2.8 4.2.8

References

CVSS score 8.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-269
Platform
Java / Kotlin (Maven)
Package
org.neo4j:neo4j-kernel
Disclosed
24.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 11:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-2w4h-f44w-968f - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: org.neo4j:neo4j-kernel

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Java / Kotlin (Maven)), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

This is the only known vulnerability of this package.

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