CVE-2021-38759
Raspberry Pi OS through 5.10 has the raspberry default password for the pi account. If not...
Raspberry Pi OS through 5.10 has the raspberry default password for the pi account. If not changed, attackers can gain administrator privileges.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
Raspberry Pi OS through 5.10 has the raspberry default password for the pi account. If not changed, attackers can gain administrator privileges.
- Record
CVE-2021-38759- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-1188
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Raspberry Pi OS through 5.10 has the raspberry default password for the pi account. If not changed, attackers can gain administrator privileges.
- Record
CVE-2021-38759- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-25196 No score
Raspberry Pi OS through 5.10 has the raspberry default password for the pi account. If not changed, attackers can gain administrator privileges.
- Record
EUVD-2021-25196- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hpm3-9h69-7v94
Raspberry Pi OS through 5.10 has the raspberry default password for the pi account. If not...
Raspberry Pi OS through 5.10 has the raspberry default password for the pi account. If not changed, attackers can gain administrator privileges.
- Record
GHSA-hpm3-9h69-7v94- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-269
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Raspberry Pi 5.10 - Default Credentials | 2021-12-09 |
| PoC in GitHub | Hu2ie/CVE-2021-38759 | 2026-10-07 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, PoC in GitHub |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-38759 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Raspberrypi Raspberry Pi Os Lite, published December 7, 2021. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.7%, the 96th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html
cnvd.org.cn/flaw/show/CNVD-2021-43968
packetstormsecurity.com/files/165211/Raspberry-Pi-5.10-Default-Credentials.html
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/04/raspberry-pi-os-axes-longstanding-default-user-account-in-the-name-of-security
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38759
github.com/advisories/GHSA-hpm3-9h69-7v94