What is CVE-2021-45626?

CVE-2021-45626 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear Rbk20, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2021-12-26.

How severe is CVE-2021-45626?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.

RCE in Netgear Rbk20

CVE-2021-45626

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects RBK20 before 2.6.1.36, RBR20 before 2.6.1.36, RBS20 before 2.6.1.38, RBK40 before 2.6.1.36, RBR40 before 2.6.1.36, RBS40 before 2.6.1.38…

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.008 (51.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.6 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear Rbk20
Netgear Rbk20_firmware
Netgear Rbk40
Netgear Rbk40_firmware
Netgear Rbk50
Netgear Rbk50_firmware
Netgear Rbr20
Netgear Rbr20_firmware
Netgear Rbr40
Netgear Rbr40_firmware

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-45626?: CVE-2021-45626 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear Rbk20, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.6/10. Published 2021-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2021-45626?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.6 out of 10.