CVE-2021-20168

2021-12-3021:31:17

tenable

www.cve.org

netgear

rax43

uart

vulnerability

default credentials

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

47.4%

JSON

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.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Netgear RAX43",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.0.3.96"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-55