CVE-2021-38759: Raspberrypi Raspberry Pi OS Lite

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 15.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Raspberry Pi OS through 5.10 has the raspberry default password for the pi account. If not changed, attackers can gain administrator privileges.

Affected products

• Raspberrypi Raspberry Pi OS Lite: up to and including 5.10

Published 2021-12-07. Last modified 2026-06-17.