{"id":"CVE-2021-45498","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2021-45498","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:04:50.734Z","title":"NETGEAR R6700v2 devices before 1.2.0.88 are affected by authentication bypass.","description":"NETGEAR R6700v2 devices before 1.2.0.88 are affected by authentication bypass.","published":"2021-12-26T01:15:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:13:31.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["netgear/r6700v2 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.01613,"percentile":0.758,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://kb.netgear.com/000064054/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-R6700v2-PSV-2018-0630","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://kb.netgear.com/000064054/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-R6700v2-PSV-2018-0630","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-45498","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}