CVE-2021-21522
Dell BIOS contains a Credentials Management issue. A local authenticated malicious user may...
Dell BIOS contains a Credentials Management issue. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information on an NVMe storage by resetting the BIOS password on the system via the Manageability Interface.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Dell BIOS contains a Credentials Management issue. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information on an NVMe storage by resetting the BIOS password on the system via the Manageability Interface.
- Record
CVE-2021-21522- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-8794
Dell BIOS contains a Credentials Management issue. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information on an NVMe storage by resetting the BIOS password on the system via the Manageability Interface.
- Record
EUVD-2021-8794- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pg87-v27x-wx62
Dell BIOS contains a Credentials Management issue. A local authenticated malicious user may...
Dell BIOS contains a Credentials Management issue. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information on an NVMe storage by resetting the BIOS password on the system via the Manageability Interface.
- Record
GHSA-pg87-v27x-wx62- CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Dell BIOS contains a Credentials Management issue. A local authenticated malicious user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information on an NVMe storage by resetting the BIOS password on the system via the Manageability Interface.
- Record
CVE-2021-21522- CVSS 3.1
- 8.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 4.4 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-255
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- dell cpg bios
- dell latitude 5285 2-in-1 firmware
- dell latitude 5289 2-in-1 firmware
- dell latitude 5290 2-in-1 firmware
- dell latitude 5310 2-in-1 firmware
- dell latitude 7210 2-in-1 firmware
- dell latitude 7212 rugged extreme tablet firmware
- dell latitude 7280 firmware
- dell latitude 7285 firmware
- dell latitude 7290 firmware
- dell latitude 7310 firmware
- dell latitude 7370 firmware
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- dell latitude 7380 firmware
- dell latitude 7389 firmware
- dell latitude 7390 2-in-1 firmware
- dell latitude 7390 firmware
- dell latitude 7410 firmware
- dell latitude 7420 firmware
- dell latitude 7480 firmware
- dell latitude 7490 firmware
- dell latitude 9410 firmware
- dell latitude 9510 firmware
- dell precision 3640 tower firmware
- dell precision 5510 firmware
- dell precision 5520 firmware
- dell precision 5530 2-in-1 firmware
- dell xps 13 9360 firmware
- dell xps 13 9370 firmware
- dell xps 15 9575 2-in-1 firmware
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, published | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-21522 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.2) in Dell Cpg Bios, published September 28, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.23%, the 14th percentile. No source names a fixed version.