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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-21402

Jellyfin is a Free Software Media System. In Jellyfin before version 10.7.1, with certain endpoints, well crafted requests will allow arbitrary file read from a Jellyfin server's file system. This issue is more prevalent when Windows is used as the host OS. Servers that are exposed to the public Internet are potentially at risk. This is fixed in version 10.7.1. As a workaround, users may be able to restrict some access by enforcing strict security permissions on their filesystem, however, it is recommended to update as soon as possible.

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CVE-2021-21402
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1 Nov 2026, 08:46 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-21402

core-osv · Original source

Published 23 Mar 2021, 20:15 UTC

Jellyfin is a Free Software Media System. In Jellyfin before version 10.7.1, with certain endpoints, well crafted requests will allow arbitrary file read from a Jellyfin server's file system. This issue is more prevalent when Windows is used as the host OS. Servers that are exposed to the public Internet are potentially at risk. This is fixed in version 10.7.1. As a workaround, users may be able to restrict some access by enforcing strict security permissions on their filesystem, however, it is recommended to update as soon as possible.

osv:CVE-2021-21402
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-21402",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
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    "summary": "Jellyfin is a Free Software Media System. In Jellyfin before version 10.7.1, with certain endpoints, well crafted requests will allow arbitrary file read from a Jellyfin server's file system. This issue is more prevalent when Windows is used as the host OS. Servers that are exposed to the public Internet are potentially at risk. This is fixed in version 10.7.1. As a workaround, users may be able to restrict some access by enforcing strict security permissions on their filesystem, however, it is recommended to update as soon as possible.",
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    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:50:06.793127047Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 441965,
  "published_at": "2021-03-23T20:15:13.12+00:00"
}