CVE-2021-36285
Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A...
Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive NVMe password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.
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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive NVMe password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.
- Record
CVE-2021-36285- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-22905
Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive NVMe password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.
- Record
EUVD-2021-22905- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-26ww-2c8f-2rghNo score
Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A...
Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive NVMe password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.
- Record
GHSA-26ww-2c8f-2rgh- Weakness
- CWE-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive NVMe password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.
- Record
CVE-2021-36285- CVSS 3.1
- 5.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L - 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-307
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
- dell cpg bios
- dell latitude 5310 2-in-1 firmware
- dell latitude 5320 firmware
- dell latitude 5400 firmware
- dell latitude 5411 firmware
- dell latitude 5500 firmware
- dell latitude 5511 firmware
- dell latitude 5520 firmware
- dell latitude 7212 rugged extreme tablet firmware
- dell latitude 7280 firmware
- dell latitude 7320 firmware
- dell latitude 7370 firmware
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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-2021-36285 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.7) 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.