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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2021-38539

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by privilege escalation.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.82%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by privilege escalation. This affects D8500 before 1.0.3.44, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.66, R6700 before 1.0.2.6, R6700v3 before 1.0.2.66, R6900 before 1.0.2.4, R6900P before 1.3.2.126, R7000 before 1.0.9.42, R7000P before 1.3.2.126, R7100LG before 1.0.0.50, R7300DST before 1.0.0.70, R7900 before 1.0.3.10, R8300 before 1.0.2.130, and R8500 before 1.0.2.130.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.82% probability · 55th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
netgear/d8500 firmware · netgear/r6400 firmware · netgear/r6700 firmware · netgear/r6900 firmware · netgear/r6900p firmware · netgear/r7000 firmware · netgear/r7000p firmware · netgear/r7100lg firmware · netgear/r7300dst firmware · netgear/r7900 firmware · netgear/r8300 firmware · netgear/r8500 firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.