CVE-2021-21507

mediumpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.005 · 45 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.54% (45th) EPSS

CVSS 5 · medium

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Dell EMC Networking X-Series firmware versions prior to 3.0.1.8 and Dell EMC PowerEdge VRTX Switch Module firmware versions prior to 2.0.0.82 contain a Weak Password Encryption Vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the disclosure of certain user credentials. The attacker may be able to use the exposed credentials to access the vulnerable system with privileges of the compromised account.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5–9.8

v2.05mediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 2.9

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.18.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security_alert@emc.comexploitability 2.8 · impact 5.9

v3.19criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-326USprimaryCWE-261US

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell VRTX Switch Modulesunspecified → 2.0.0.82enisa_euvdEU
dell r1-2210 firmware< 2.0.0.82nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:r1-2210_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell r1-2401 firmware< 2.0.0.82nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:r1-2401_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell x1008 firmware< 3.0.1.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:x1008_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell x1008p firmware< 3.0.1.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:x1008p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell x1018 firmware< 3.0.1.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:x1018_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell x1018p firmware< 3.0.1.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:x1018p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell x1026 firmware< 3.0.1.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:x1026_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell x1026p firmware< 3.0.1.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:x1026p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell x1052 firmware< 3.0.1.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:x1052_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell x1052p firmware< 3.0.1.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:x1052p_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell x4012 firmware< 3.0.1.8nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:x4012_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-04-30modified 2026-06-17

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references (4)

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