CVE-2021-27654
Forgotten password reset functionality for local accounts can be used to bypass local...
Forgotten password reset functionality for local accounts can be used to bypass local authentication checks.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Forgotten password reset functionality for local accounts can be used to bypass local authentication checks.
- Record
CVE-2021-27654- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C - Weakness
- CWE-640
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-14400
Forgotten password reset functionality for local accounts can be used to bypass local authentication checks.
- Record
EUVD-2021-14400- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-pf5r-8q35-xv4w No score
Forgotten password reset functionality for local accounts can be used to bypass local...
Forgotten password reset functionality for local accounts can be used to bypass local authentication checks.
- Record
GHSA-pf5r-8q35-xv4w- Weakness
- CWE-640
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Forgotten password reset functionality for local accounts can be used to bypass local authentication checks.
- Record
CVE-2021-27654- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-640
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-27654 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 8.8) in Pega Infinity, published January 28, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.60%, the 49th percentile. No source names a fixed version.