CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-38759

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2021-12-07 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2021-12-07
Last modified: 2026-06-17
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected]): 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 10.0 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses: CWE-1188

Description

Raspberry Pi OS through 5.10 has the raspberry default password for the pi account. If not changed, attackers can gain administrator privileges.

Affected configurations

• raspberrypi raspberry pi os lite (<= 5.10)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-1188 Initialization of a Resource with an Insecure Default weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (3)

CWE-1391 Use of Weak Credentials weakness
CWE-1392 Use of Default Credentials weakness
CWE-1393 Use of Default Password weakness

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165211/Raspberry-Pi-5.10-Default-Credentials.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/04/raspberry-pi-os-axes-longstanding-default-user-account-in-the-name-of-security/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.cnvd.org.cn/flaw/show/CNVD-2021-43968 Third Party Advisory
https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#change-the-default-password Vendor Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165211/Raspberry-Pi-5.10-Default-Credentials.html Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2022/04/raspberry-pi-os-axes-longstanding-default-user-account-in-the-name-of-security/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.cnvd.org.cn/flaw/show/CNVD-2021-43968 Third Party Advisory
https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#change-the-default-password Vendor Advisory