CVE-2021-26588
Status: ModifiedCritical (9.8)—
A potential security vulnerability has been identified in HPE 3PAR StoreServ, HPE Primera Storage and HPE Alletra 9000 Storage array firmware. An unauthenticated user could remotely exploit the low complexity issue to execute code as administrator. This vulnerability impacts completely the confidentiality, integrity, availability of the array. HPE has made the following software updates and mitigation information to resolve the vulnerability in 3PAR, Primera and Alletra 9000 firmware.
CVSS
- Version: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Base score: 9.8
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.81%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 78
- Score date: 10/6/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (6)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
References
Raw JSON (NVD)
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