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Vulnerability Intelligence

CVE-2021-38489

High 8.2

Published
Last modified
NVD status
Awaiting Analysis

Description

HDD password plaintext is stored in a UEFI variable.

References1

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
8.2 HIGH Score source: CNA CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — exploit probability
0% percentile: 5 · as of 3 November 2026
CWE
CWE-256

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