CVE-2021-45626
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This...
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects RBK20 before 2.6.1.36, RBR20 before 2.6.1.36, RBS20 before 2.6.1.38, RBK40 before 2.6.1.36, RBR40 before 2.6.1.36, RBS40 before 2.6.1.38, RBK50 before 2.6.1.40, RBR50 before 2.6.1.40, RBS50 before 2.6.1.40, and RBS50Y before 2.6.1.40.
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
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects RBK20 before 2.6.1.36, RBR20 before 2.6.1.36, RBS20 before 2.6.1.38, RBK40 before 2.6.1.36, RBR40 before 2.6.1.36, RBS40 before 2.6.1.38, RBK50 before 2.6.1.40, RBR50 before 2.6.1.40, RBS50 before 2.6.1.40, and RBS50Y before 2.6.1.40.
- Record
CVE-2021-45626- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-32392
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects RBK20 before 2.6.1.36, RBR20 before 2.6.1.36, RBS20 before 2.6.1.38, RBK40 before 2.6.1.36, RBR40 before 2.6.1.36, RBS40 before 2.6.1.38, RBK50 before 2.6.1.40, RBR50 before 2.6.1.40, RBS50 before 2.6.1.40, and RBS50Y before 2.6.1.40.
- Record
EUVD-2021-32392- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-79hm-7hpp-wj56 No score
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This...
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects RBK20 before 2.6.1.36, RBR20 before 2.6.1.36, RBS20 before 2.6.1.38, RBK40 before 2.6.1.36, RBR40 before 2.6.1.36, RBS40 before 2.6.1.38, RBK50 before 2.6.1.40, RBR50 before 2.6.1.40, RBS50 before 2.6.1.40, and RBS50Y before 2.6.1.40.
- Record
GHSA-79hm-7hpp-wj56- Weakness
- CWE-77
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects RBK20 before 2.6.1.36, RBR20 before 2.6.1.36, RBS20 before 2.6.1.38, RBK40 before 2.6.1.36, RBR40 before 2.6.1.36, RBS40 before 2.6.1.38, RBK50 before 2.6.1.40, RBR50 before 2.6.1.40, RBS50 before 2.6.1.40, and RBS50Y before 2.6.1.40.
- Record
CVE-2021-45626- CVSS 3.1
- 9.6 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-77
- 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-2021-45626 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.6) in Netgear Rbk20 Firmware, published December 26, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.77%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.