CVE-2021-27654
Published: 28 January 2022
Summary
CVE-2021-27654 is a high-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640) vulnerability in Pega Infinity. Its CVSS base score is 7.8 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 32.1th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-14400
Vulnerability details
Forgotten password reset functionality for local accounts can be used to bypass local authentication checks.
- 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.
Establishing procedures for lost or compromised authenticators addresses weak password recovery mechanisms.