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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2021-30164

Redmine before 4.0.8 and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 allows attackers to bypass the add_issue_notes permission requirement by leveraging the Issues API.

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CVE-2021-30164
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1 Nov 2026, 04:47 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

CVE-2021-30164

core-osv · Original source

Published 6 Apr 2021, 08:15 UTC

Redmine before 4.0.8 and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 allows attackers to bypass the add_issue_notes permission requirement by leveraging the Issues API.

osv:CVE-2021-30164
Complete source record
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  "id": "f83749ed1759607e0ec9add205d87ff85616709b075cf33955b090f29df76e17",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-30164",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2021-30164",
    "summary": "Redmine before 4.0.8 and 4.1.x before 4.1.2 allows attackers to bypass the add_issue_notes permission requirement by leveraging the Issues API.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2021-30164",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2021-30164",
      "aliases": [
        "BIT-redmine-2021-30164",
        "CVE-2021-30164"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/redmine/redmine",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "bc7e326aee1ba2084423707601a8f7596b817660"
                },
                {
                  "introduced": "f5e62c8b125a09b2b66192125708d1aea492353c"
                },
                {
                  "fixed": "b29e04515041eb5935ab6d3597e43fa630a499f8"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "4.0.8"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  },
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:redmine:redmine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.1.0"
                      },
                      {
                        "fixed": "4.1.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2021-30164.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:21.998684451Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.redmine.org/projects/redmine/wiki/Security_Advisories",
        "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/05/msg00013.html"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
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            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2021-30164",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 430599,
  "published_at": "2021-04-06T08:15:12.573+00:00"
}