CVE-2021-3473
An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) discovered that the XCC configuration backup/restore password may…
- 4.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.50%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 57% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An internal product security audit of Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) discovered that the XCC configuration backup/restore password may be written to an internal XCC log buffer if Lenovo XClarity Administrator (LXCA) is used to perform the backup/restore. The backup/restore password typically exists in this internal log buffer for less than 10 minutes before being overwritten. Generating an FFDC service log will include the log buffer contents, including the backup/restore password if present. The FFDC service log is only generated when requested by a privileged XCC user and it is only accessible to the privileged XCC user that requested the file. The backup/restore password is not captured if the backup/restore is initiated directly from XCC.
Timeline
ID reserved
By lenovo
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 3 years later
· 3 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| lenovoCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium4.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.50% · top 57% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.5.
Affected products
Lenovo · XClarity Controller (XCC)
- affected unspecified – < 6.00 CDI370Q
- affected unspecified – < 1.10 TGBT12Q
- affected unspecified – < 3.20 TEI378W
- affected unspecified – < 2.14 PSI338I
- affected unspecified – < 4.40 TEI3B2P
What to do
Solution: Update to the Lenovo XClarity Controller (XCC) version (or higher) as recommended in the Product Impact section of LEN-52117.
References
References1
- https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/product_security/LEN-52117 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2021-26795 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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