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CVE-2021-27080

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-27080 is a critical Azure Sphere Unsigned Code Execution Vulnerability affecting Microsoft Azure Sphere products. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code with high privileges, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, without requiring user interaction or prior authentication. While there are no known public exploits or active exploitation (not in KEV), its high FAUCET Risk Score of 73/100 and mention in a Patch Tuesday article indicate its significant potential impact. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, suggesting limited public awareness despite its severity.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:azure_sphere:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.3CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.5
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
65.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0122 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 79 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.7 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 1.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2021-Mar/CVE-2021-27080Critical

Azure Sphere Unsigned Code Execution Vulnerability

Mar 9, 2021

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27080
PatchVendor Advisory
talosintelligence.com / vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2021-1250
ExploitThird Party Advisory