CVEvulnerability

CVE-2021-20168

6.8 MEDIUM Published 2021-12-30 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2021-12-30
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
6.8 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-287

Description

Netgear RAX43 version 1.0.3.96 does not have sufficient protections to the UART interface. A malicious actor with physical access to the device is able to connect to the UART port via a serial connection, login with default credentials, and execute commands as the root user. These default credentials are admin:admin.

Affected configurations

• netgear rax43 firmware 1.0.3.96

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness

References