{"id":"CVE-2021-38489","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-38489","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:57:32.073Z","title":"HDD password plaintext is stored in a UEFI variable.","description":"HDD password plaintext is stored in a UEFI variable.","published":"2026-09-03T13:04:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-09-03T18:09:03.000Z","status":"Undergoing Analysis","sourceIdentifier":"8338d8cb-57f7-4252-abc0-96fd13e98d21","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-256"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.0016,"percentile":0.05123,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.16%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/sa-2022025/","source":"8338d8cb-57f7-4252-abc0-96fd13e98d21"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-38489","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}