What is CVE-2021-42744?

CVE-2021-42744 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Philips Mri 1.5t, classified under Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-11-19.

How severe is CVE-2021-42744?

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

Vulnerability in Philips Mri 1.5t

CVE-2021-42744

Philips MRI 1.5T and MRI 3T Version 5.3 through 5.8.1 does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor.

Published 2021-11-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (17.4th percentile), scored 2026-10-20.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 17th percentile — 17.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-552 — Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties

References

20705f08-db8b-4497-8f94-7eea62317651 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
20705f08-db8b-4497-8f94-7eea62317651 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-42744?: CVE-2021-42744 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Philips Mri 1.5t, classified under Files or Directories Accessible to External Parties. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-11-19.
How severe is CVE-2021-42744?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.