CVE-2021-23147

2021-12-3021:31:20

tenable

www.cve.org

netgear

nighthawk

uart

vulnerability

AI Score

6.9

Confidence

High

EPSS

0.001

Percentile

47.4%

JSON

Netgear Nighthawk R6700 version 1.0.4.120 does not have sufficient protections for the UART console. A malicious actor with physical access to the device is able to connect to the UART port via a serial connection and execute commands as the root user without authentication.

CNA Affected

[
  {
    "product": "Netgear Nighthawk R6700",
    "vendor": "n/a",
    "versions": [
      {
        "status": "affected",
        "version": "1.0.4.120"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References

www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-57