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CVE-2021-20872· NVD / CVE Program· CNA jpcert

Protection mechanism failure vulnerability in KONICA MINOLTA bizhub series (bizhub C750i G00-35 and earlier, bizhub C650i/C550i/C450i G00-B6

Protection mechanism failure vulnerability in KONICA MINOLTA bizhub series (bizhub C750i G00-35 and earlier, bizhub C650i/C550i/C450i G00-B6 and earlier, bizhub C360i/C300i/C250i G00-B6 and earlier, bizhub 750i/650i/550i/450i G00-37 and earlier, bizhub 360i/300i G00-33 and earlier, bizhub C287i/C257i/C227i G00-19 and earlier, bizhub 306i/266i/246i/226i G00-B6 and earlier, bizhub C759/C659 GC7-X8 and earlier, bizhub C658/C558/C458 GC7-X8 and earlier, bizhub 958/808/758 GC7-X8 and earlier, bizhub 658e/558e/458e GC7-X8 and earlier, bizhub C287/C227 GC7-X8 and earlier, bizhub 287/227 GC7-X8 and earlier, bizhub 368e/308e GC7-X8 and earlier, bizhub C368/C308/C258 GC9-X4 and earlier, bizhub 558/458/368/308 GC9-X4 and earlier, bizhub C754e/C654e GDQ-M0 and earlier, bizhub 754e/654e GDQ-M0 and earlier, bizhub C554e/C454e GDQ-M1 and earlier, bizhub C364e/C284e/C224e GDQ-M1 and earlier, bizhub 554e/454e/364e/284e/224e GDQ-M1 and earlier, bizhub C754/C654 C554/C454 GR1-M0 and earlier, bizhub C364/C284/C224 GR1-M0 and earlier, bizhub 754/654 GR1-M0 and earlier, bizhub C3851FS/C3851/C3351 GC9-X4 and earlier, bizhub 4752/4052 GC9-X4 and earlier) allows a physical attacker to bypass the firmware integrity verification and to install malicious firmware.

MediumCVSS 6.8 · v3.1—No exploit No fix recorded

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Published
Jan 4, 2022
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 20th percentile
CWE
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Action score

27

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
27 / 40 · 6.8 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
konicaminoltabizhub c759 firmware
konicaminoltabizhub c759
konicaminoltabizhub c659 firmware
konicaminoltabizhub c659
konicaminoltabizhub c658 firmware
konicaminoltabizhub c658
konicaminoltabizhub c558 firmware
konicaminoltabizhub c558
konicaminoltabizhub c458 firmware
konicaminoltabizhub c458
konicaminoltabizhub 958 firmware
konicaminoltabizhub 958

and 92 more

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • konicaminolta bizhub 224e firmwarebefore gdr-m1
  • konicaminolta bizhub 227 firmwarebefore gca-y0
  • konicaminolta bizhub 284e firmwarebefore gdr-m1
  • konicaminolta bizhub 287 firmwarebefore gca-y0
  • konicaminolta bizhub 308 firmwarebefore gca-x4
  • konicaminolta bizhub 308e firmwarebefore gca-x8
  • konicaminolta bizhub 364e firmwarebefore gdr-m1
  • konicaminolta bizhub 368 firmwarebefore gca-x4
  • konicaminolta bizhub 368e firmwarebefore gca-x8
  • konicaminolta bizhub 4052 firmwarebefore gca-x4
  • konicaminolta bizhub 454e firmwarebefore gdr-m1
  • konicaminolta bizhub 458 firmwarebefore gca-x4
  • konicaminolta bizhub 458e firmwarebefore gca-y1
  • konicaminolta bizhub 4752 firmwarebefore gca-x4
  • konicaminolta bizhub 554e firmwarebefore gdr-m1
  • konicaminolta bizhub 558 firmwarebefore gca-x4
  • konicaminolta bizhub 558e firmwarebefore gca-y1
  • konicaminolta bizhub 654 firmwarebefore gr4-m0
  • konicaminolta bizhub 654e firmwarebefore gdr-m0
  • konicaminolta bizhub 658e firmwarebefore gca-y1

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (jpcert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • KONICA MINOLTA, INC. bizhub series

    • bizhub C750i G00-35 and earlier, bizhub C650i/C550i/C450i G00-B6 and earlier, bizhub C360i/C300i/C250i G00-B6 and earlier, bizhub 750i/650i/550i/450i G00-37 and earlier, bizhub 360i/300i G00-33 and eaaffected

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Physical access to the device is required.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Physical
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

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

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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