Dell BIOS contains a Credentials Management issue.

published 2021-09-28 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-8794

cvss: 8.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Dell CPG BIOS 1.13.0

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Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	8.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	4.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Dell CPG BIOS

Classification

Weakness

CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors

References

dell.com /support/kbdoc/000191495
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2021-21522
NVD CVE-2021-21522

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