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VulnerabilityUndergoing Analysis

CVE-2021-43613

User and administrator password hashes are exposed in runtime UEFI variables, leading to escalation of privilege

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 0.13%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.13%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

An issue was discovered in SysPasswordDxe in Insyde InsydeH2O. User and administrator password hashes are exposed in runtime UEFI variables, leading to escalation of privilege

CVSS 3.1
6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
0.13% probability · 3th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-732
Source
8338d8cb-57f7-4252-abc0-96fd13e98d21
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.13%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.1% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.