CVEvulnerability
CVE-2021-32030
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability
ASUS Routers Improper Authentication Vulnerability — ASUS Routers
ASUS Lyra Mini and ASUS GT-AC2900 devices contain an improper authentication vulnerability that allows an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the administrative interface. The impacted products could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization.
- Added to KEV
- 2025-06-02
- Remediation due
- 2025-06-23
- Ransomware use
- Unknown
- Required action
- Apply mitigations per vendor instructions, follow applicable BOD 22-01 guidance for cloud services, or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
- Notes
- https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/lyra%20mini/helpdesk_bios/ ; https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/rog%20rapture%20gt-ac2900/helpdesk_bios/; https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-32030
- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2021-05-06
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 3.1 (134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0)
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-287
Description
The administrator application on ASUS GT-AC2900 devices before 3.0.0.4.386.42643 and Lyra Mini before 3.0.0.4_384_46630 allows authentication bypass when processing remote input from an unauthenticated user, leading to unauthorized access to the administrator interface. This relates to handle_request in router/httpd/httpd.c and auth_check in web_hook.o. An attacker-supplied value of '\0' matches the device's default value of '\0' in some situations. Note: All versions of Lyra Mini and earlier which are unsupported (End-of-Life, EOL) are also affected by this vulnerability, Consumers can mitigate this vulnerability by disabling the remote access features from WAN.
Affected configurations
• asus lyra mini firmware (< 3.0.0.4.384.46630)
• asus gt-ac2900 firmware (< 3.0.0.4.386.42643)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-287 Improper Authentication weakness
References
- https://github.com/atredispartners/advisories/blob/master/ATREDIS-2020-0010.md Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.asus.com/Networking-IoT-Servers/WiFi-Routers/ASUS-Gaming-Routers/RT-AC2900/HelpDesk_BIOS/ Product
- https://www.asus.com/us/supportonly/lyra%20mini/helpdesk_bios/ Product
- https://www.atredis.com/blog/2021/4/30/asus-authentication-bypass Exploit
- https://github.com/atredispartners/advisories/blob/master/ATREDIS-2020-0010.md Broken Link, Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.asus.com/Networking-IoT-Servers/WiFi-Routers/ASUS-Gaming-Routers/RT-AC2900/HelpDesk_BIOS/ Product
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2021-32030 US Government Resource