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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-31863

Insufficient input validation in the Git repository integration of Redmine before 4.0.9, 4.1.x before 4.1.3, and 4.2.x before 4.2.1 allows Redmine users to read arbitrary local files accessible by the application server process.

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CVE-2021-31863
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1 Nov 2026, 04:34 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-31863

core-osv · Original source

Published 28 Apr 2021, 07:15 UTC

Insufficient input validation in the Git repository integration of Redmine before 4.0.9, 4.1.x before 4.1.3, and 4.2.x before 4.2.1 allows Redmine users to read arbitrary local files accessible by the application server process.

osv:CVE-2021-31863
Complete source record
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  "id": "2f092099ab75f4a9c6aeb06f35f5ac9435af957c86a4ffcb520c0b106c8dedb2",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-31863",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-31863",
    "summary": "Insufficient input validation in the Git repository integration of Redmine before 4.0.9, 4.1.x before 4.1.3, and 4.2.x before 4.2.1 allows Redmine users to read arbitrary local files accessible by the application server process.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-31863",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-31863",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-redmine-2021-31863",
        "CVE-2021-31863"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/redmine/redmine",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                },
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                  "fixed": "ffaff01ccf0548c22f2e24486162988e4eda8575"
                },
                {
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                },
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                  "fixed": "d1b7905ca9af8075542dad8c0fd671c6c82fd32f"
                },
                {
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                },
                {
                  "fixed": "5b4b548b385db35c5546a98774b19b3f559e13c2"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "4.0.9"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.1.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "4.1.3"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.2.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "4.2.1"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-31863.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:20.236475579Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00013.html",
        "https://www.redmine.org/news/131",
        "https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Security_Advisories"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  }
                ],
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              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-31863",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430214,
  "published_at": "2021-04-28T07:15:07.583+00:00"
}