What is CVE-2021-45498?

CVE-2021-45498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R6700v2. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-45498?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NETGEAR R6700v2

CVE-2021-45498

NETGEAR R6700v2 devices before 1.2.0.88 are affected by authentication bypass.

Published 2021-12-26 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.016 (74.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 74.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.016 · newest: 0.016 · change: 0.000

Affected products

References

kb.netgear.com/000064054/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-R6700v2… (Patch, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45498?: CVE-2021-45498 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R6700v2. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2021-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-45498?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.