CVE-2021-45498
NETGEAR R6700v2 devices before 1.2.0.88 are affected by authentication bypass.
NETGEAR R6700v2 devices before 1.2.0.88 are affected by authentication bypass.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
NETGEAR R6700v2 devices before 1.2.0.88 are affected by authentication bypass.
- Record
CVE-2021-45498- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-32264
NETGEAR R6700v2 devices before 1.2.0.88 are affected by authentication bypass.
- Record
EUVD-2021-32264- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:N/C:H/I:N/PR:N/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-x279-p549-h2x4
NETGEAR R6700v2 devices before 1.2.0.88 are affected by authentication bypass.
NETGEAR R6700v2 devices before 1.2.0.88 are affected by authentication bypass.
- Record
GHSA-x279-p549-h2x4- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-287
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
NETGEAR R6700v2 devices before 1.2.0.88 are affected by authentication bypass.
- Record
CVE-2021-45498- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2021-45498 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Netgear R6700v2 Firmware, published December 26, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.61%, the 76th percentile. No source names a fixed version.