CVE-2021-27491
Published: 30 July 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-27491 is a high-severity Insufficiently Protected Credentials (CWE-522) vulnerability in Ypsomed Mylife. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 44.7th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-14245
Vulnerability details
Ypsomed mylife Cloud, mylife Mobile Application:Ypsomed mylife Cloud,All versions prior to 1.7.2,Ypsomed mylife App,All versions prior to 1.7.5,The Ypsomed mylife Cloud discloses password hashes during the registration process.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Training instructs users on protecting credentials from disclosure or unauthorized access.
Training records for security awareness and role-based training verify education on credential protection practices, tangibly reducing risks from mishandling or exposing credentials.
Protecting authenticator content from unauthorized disclosure and modification while requiring protective controls addresses insufficiently protected credentials.
Rules of behavior include credential protection and non-sharing requirements, reducing exposure of insufficiently protected credentials.
Terminating or revoking credentials stops use of insufficiently protected or lingering credentials post-termination.
Requiring confidentiality/integrity protection for stored credentials directly mitigates insufficiently protected credentials on disk or in configuration stores.
Credentials or keys delivered out-of-band are not exposed to interception or inadequate protection on the main transport.