CVE-2021-31866
Published: 28 April 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-31866 is a medium-severity Observable Discrepancy (CWE-203) vulnerability in Redmine Redmine. Its CVSS base score is 5.3 (Medium).
Operationally, ranked in the top 36.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-18741
Vulnerability details
Redmine before 4.0.9 and 4.1.x before 4.1.3 allows an attacker to learn the values of internal authentication keys by observing timing differences in string comparison operations within SysController and MailHandlerController.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Misdirection can normalize or falsify responses to eliminate observable discrepancies that aid reconnaissance.
Observable discrepancies in system behavior can be modulated to create covert storage or timing channels; the required analysis detects and constrains such avenues.
Prevents attackers from using observable differences in error responses to infer internal system details or state.