What is CVE-2021-36689?

CVE-2021-36689 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samourai-Wallet-Android Project, classified under Weak Password Requirements. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-03-04.

How severe is CVE-2021-36689?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Samourai-Wallet-Android Project

CVE-2021-36689

An issue discovered in com.samourai.wallet.PinEntryActivity.java in Streetside Samourai Wallet 0.99.96i allows attackers to view sensitive information and decrypt data via a brute force attack that uses a recovered samourai.dat file. The PIN is 5 to 8 digits, which may be insufficient in this situation.

EPSS: 0.003 (21.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Samourai-wallet-android_project Samourai-wallet-android — versions 0.99.96i
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-521 — Weak Password Requirements

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Technical Description, Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-36689?: CVE-2021-36689 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Samourai-Wallet-Android Project, classified under Weak Password Requirements. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-03-04.
How severe is CVE-2021-36689?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.