01 Record
CVE-2021-27654
Forgotten password reset functionality for local accounts can be used to bypass local authentication checks.
HighPUBLISHEDCNA: Pega
CNA base score8.8 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
02 Description
Forgotten password reset functionality for local accounts can be used to bypass local authentication checks.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 48.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2022-01-28 19:09Z4 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-03 21:26Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2021-02-24
- Assigning CNA
- Pega
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- High (CVSS 8.8)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:H/RL:O/RC:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-640Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten PasswordBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ad19bf5ad96a0e361f728b85621625b7121994ae014084406df835a8a9605aa5
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- collaborate.pega.comhttps://collaborate.pega.com/discussion/pega-security-advisory-c21