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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.8

CVE-2021-42849 json

A weak default password for the serial port was reported in some Lenovo Personal Cloud Storage devices that could allow unauthorized device…

published 2022-05-18 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-29804

cvss
6.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 14%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A weak default password for the serial port was reported in some Lenovo Personal Cloud Storage devices that could allow unauthorized device access to an attacker with physical access.

Patch / fix

  • Lenovo Personal Cloud Storage A1 5.3.6.a1
  • Lenovo Personal Cloud Storage T1 5.3.6.t1
  • Lenovo Personal Cloud Storage X1 5.3.8.x1
  • Lenovo Personal Cloud Storage T2 5.3.8.t2
  • Lenovo Personal Cloud Storage T2Pro 5.3.7.t2-pro

Exploit prediction

0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

  • Lenovo Personal Cloud Storage A1
  • Lenovo Personal Cloud Storage T1
  • Lenovo Personal Cloud Storage X1
  • Lenovo Personal Cloud Storage T2
  • Lenovo Personal Cloud Storage T2Pro

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.