CVE-2021-36285

lowpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.002 · 14 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.23% (14th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

22 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Dell BIOS contains an Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts vulnerability. A local authenticated malicious administrator could exploit this vulnerability to bypass excessive NVMe password attempt mitigations in order to carry out a brute force attack.

cvss

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

5.7

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.7

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.14.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.8 · impact 3.6

v3.15.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.15.7mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:Lsecondary · security_alert@emc.comexploitability 1.5 · impact 3.7

v3.14.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-307US

affected products (22)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Dell CPG BIOSunspecified → 1.7.0enisa_euvdEU
dell latitude 5310 2-in-1 firmware< 1.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5310_2-in-1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 5320 firmware< 1.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5320_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 5400 firmware< 1.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 5411 firmware< 1.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5411_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 5500 firmware< 1.8.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 5511 firmware< 1.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5511_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 5520 firmware< 1.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_5520_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 7212 rugged extreme tablet firmware< 1.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_7212_rugged_extreme_tablet_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 7280 firmware< 1.9.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_7280_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 7320 firmware< 1.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_7320_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 7370 firmware< 1.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_7370_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 7420 firmware< 1.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_7420_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 7480 firmware< 1.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_7480_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 9410 firmware< 1.7.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_9410_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 9510 firmware< 1.7.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_9510_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell latitude 9520 firmware< 1.6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:latitude_9520_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell optiplex 3080 firmware< 1.5.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:optiplex_3080_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell optiplex 3280 aio firmware< 1.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:optiplex_3280_aio_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
dell optiplex 7480 aio firmware< 1.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:optiplex_7480_aio_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2021-09-28modified 2026-06-17

references (6)

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