What is CVE-2021-45501?

CVE-2021-45501 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear Ac2400. CVSS score: 9.4/10. Published 2021-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-45501?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Netgear Ac2400

CVE-2021-45501

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects AC2400 before 1.1.0.84, AC2600 before 1.1.0.84, D7000 before 1.0.1.82, R6020 before 1.0.0.52, R6080 before 1.0.0.52, R6120 before 1.0.0.80, R6220 before 1.1.0.110…

EPSS: 0.019 (76.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.4 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Netgear Ac2400
Netgear Ac2400_firmware
Netgear Ac2600
Netgear Ac2600_firmware
Netgear D7000
Netgear D7000_firmware
Netgear R6020
Netgear R6020_firmware
Netgear R6080
Netgear R6080_firmware

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45501?: CVE-2021-45501 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear Ac2400. CVSS score: 9.4/10. Published 2021-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-45501?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.4 out of 10.