CVE-2021-36284

MediumCVSS 4.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive admin password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 4.4/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-307

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
DellCPG BIOS>= unspecified, < 1.7.0

References

Timeline

Published
Sep 28, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2021-36284: Medium severity, CVSS 4.4 | Vulnix