CVE-2021-38624

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

1.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 74.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-10.

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.

Published

2021-09-15 11:23Z5 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-10 15:10Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2021-08-13

Assigning CNA

microsoft

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 6.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Weaknesses

• CWE-639Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled KeyBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

217b167e8d8b54e7ece172d16f4c68f0d4608a4cf1b4090e5906411f65595d99

• msrc.microsoft.comWindows Key Storage Provider Security Feature Bypass Vulnerabilityhttps://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2021-38624vendor-advisorypatch
• portal.msrc.microsoft.comhttps://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-38624x_refsource_MISC