What is CVE-2021-38539?

CVE-2021-38539 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR D8500. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2021-08-11.

How severe is CVE-2021-38539?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NETGEAR D8500

CVE-2021-38539

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by privilege escalation. This affects D8500 before 1.0.3.44, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.66, R6700 before 1.0.2.6, R6700v3 before 1.0.2.66, R6900 before 1.0.2.4, R6900P before 1.3.2.126, R7000 before 1.0.9.42, R7000P before 1.3.2.126, R7100LG before 1.0.0.50, R7300DST before 1.0.0.70, R7900 before 1.0.3.10, R8300 before 1.0.2.130, and R8500 before 1.0.2.130.

EPSS: 0.008 (54.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Netgear D8500
Netgear D8500_firmware
Netgear R6400 — versions v2
Netgear R6400_firmware
Netgear R6700 — versions v3
Netgear R6700_firmware
Netgear R6900
Netgear R6900_firmware
Netgear R6900p
Netgear R6900p_firmware

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-38539?: CVE-2021-38539 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR D8500. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2021-08-11.
How severe is CVE-2021-38539?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.