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01 Record

CVE-2021-45504

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects CBR40 before 2.5.0.24, CBR750 before 4.6.3.6, RBR852 before 3.2.17.12, RBR850 before 3.2.17.12, and RBS850 before 3.2.17.12.

CriticalPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base score9.6 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N

02 Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects CBR40 before 2.5.0.24, CBR750 before 4.6.3.6, RBR852 before 3.2.17.12, RBR850 before 3.2.17.12, and RBS850 before 3.2.17.12.

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
1.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 67.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2021-12-26 01:02Z4 YR AGO
Last updated
2024-08-04 04:39Z2 YR AGO
Reserved
2021-12-25
Assigning CNA
mitre
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Critical (CVSS 9.6)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
Weaknesses
No CWE assigned
Data version
5.1
Document digest
4443e8c9902f311c302f9aa3745eadcf6075f5163e066989b24f0ec42c7b9e54

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
netgearcbr40Not specified—
netgearcbr40_firmwareNot specified—
netgearcbr750Not specified—
netgearcbr750_firmwareNot specified—
netgearrbr850Not specified—
netgearrbr850_firmwareNot specified—
netgearrbr852Not specified—
netgearrbr852_firmwareNot specified—
netgearrbs850Not specified—
netgearrbs850_firmwareNot specified—

06 References