CVE-2021-38489
HDD password plaintext is stored in a UEFI variable.
Scoring
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS base score
- 8.2
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS probability
- 0.12%
- CWE
- CWE-256
- Published
- 2026-09-03
- Last modified
- 2026-09-03
Affected products
- Insyde Software InsydeH2O
Weakness type
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