CVE-2021-38759
If not changed, attackers can gain administrator privileges.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 15.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Raspberry Pi OS through 5.10 has the raspberry default password for the pi account. If not changed, attackers can gain administrator privileges.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 15.67% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 9 December 2021
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1188
- Affected
- raspberrypi/raspberry pi os lite
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 15.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165211/Raspberry-Pi-5.10-Default-Credentials.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/04/raspberry-pi-os-axes-longstanding-default-user-account-in-the-name-of-security/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cnvd.org.cn/flaw/show/CNVD-2021-43968Third Party Advisory
- https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#change-the-default-passwordVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165211/Raspberry-Pi-5.10-Default-Credentials.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/04/raspberry-pi-os-axes-longstanding-default-user-account-in-the-name-of-security/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.cnvd.org.cn/flaw/show/CNVD-2021-43968Third Party Advisory
- https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#change-the-default-passwordVendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.