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high 8.4

CVE-2021-45679 json

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by privilege escalation.

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2021-32445

cvss
8.4
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by privilege escalation. This affects R6900P before 1.3.3.140, R7000 before 1.0.11.126, R7000P before 1.3.3.140, and RS400 before 1.5.1.80.

Patch / fix

  • netgear r6900p_firmware 1.3.3.140
  • netgear r7000_firmware 1.0.11.126
  • netgear r7000p_firmware 1.3.3.140
  • netgear rs400_firmware 1.5.1.80

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Exploit prediction

0.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:C/UI:N
CNA 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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