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CVE-2021-36285
Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious…
Medium5.7EPSS 0.23%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- dell
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By dell
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| dellCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.23% · top 86% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.7.
Weakness
Affected products
References (1)
- https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/000191495/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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