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CVE-2021-36285

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.

  • Published: Sep 28, 2021
  • Updated: Nov 16, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2021-36285
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.7
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.1
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

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