CVE-2021-43613

MEDIUMPre-NVD 6.56.5—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-09-03. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
6.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 6.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

An issue was discovered in SysPasswordDxe in Insyde InsydeH2O. User and administrator password hashes are exposed in runtime UEFI variables, leading to escalation of privilege

CVSS v3
6.5
EG Score
6.5(high)
EG Risk
34(Track)
EG Risk 34/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity65% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
2%
KEV
Not listed

Published

September 3, 2026

Last Modified

September 3, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Sep 3, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

SA-2022027 - Insyde Software

https://www.insyde.com/security-pledge/sa-2022027/

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2021-43613(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 19× in last 7d / 47× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-09-20 03:06 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-20 03:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-19 15:38 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-09-19 02:44 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-19 02:44 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-18 19:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-18 02:23 UTCEG score recompute
  8. 2026-09-18 02:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-09-17 19:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-09-17 19:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-17 02:02 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-17 02:02 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-16 14:05 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-16 01:41 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-16 01:41 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-15 03:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-15 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-09-14 00:59 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-14 00:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-13 00:37 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-13 00:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  22. 2026-09-12 14:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-09-12 00:16 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-09-12 00:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-09-11 14:49 UTCEPSS rescore
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  1. 2026-09-10 23:53 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-09-10 23:53 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-09-09 23:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  4. 2026-09-08 23:10 UTCEG score recompute
  5. 2026-09-08 23:10 UTCGHSA enrichment
  6. 2026-09-08 21:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-09-07 19:46 UTCGHSA enrichment
  8. 2026-09-06 19:25 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-09-06 19:25 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-09-06 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-09-05 19:03 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-09-05 19:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-09-05 15:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-09-04 18:42 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-09-04 18:42 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-09-04 13:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-09-04 05:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-09-03 18:19 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-09-03 18:18 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-09-03 13:05 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-09-03 02:17 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-09-03 02:14 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2021-43613?
CVE-2021-43613 is a medium vulnerability published on September 3, 2026. An issue was discovered in SysPasswordDxe in Insyde InsydeH2O. User and administrator password hashes are exposed in runtime UEFI variables, leading to escalation of privilege
When was CVE-2021-43613 disclosed?
CVE-2021-43613 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on September 3, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2021-43613 actively exploited?
CVE-2021-43613 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 98.3% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2021-43613?
CVE-2021-43613 has a CVSS v3 base score of 6.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2021-43613?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2021-43613, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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