{"id":"CVE-2021-40858","aliases":["EUVD-2021-28014","GHSA-9w6r-rp23-g8hv"],"status":"published","title":"Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Arbitrary File Disclosure. A sub-admin can read...","description":"Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Arbitrary File Disclosure. A sub-admin can read the cleartext Admin password via the fileName=../../etc/passwd substring.","severity":{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-12","score":0.02473,"percentile":0.84755,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":false,"fix_available":false},"cwes":["CWE-22"],"published":"2021-12-13T03:27:51Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:07:33Z","products":[{"vendor":"auerswald","product":"commander_6000r_ip_firmware"},{"vendor":"auerswald","product":"commander_6000rx_ip_firmware"},{"vendor":"auerswald","product":"commander_basic.2\\(19\\\"\\)_ip_firmware"},{"vendor":"auerswald","product":"commander_business\\(19\\\"\\)_ip_firmware"},{"vendor":"auerswald","product":"compact_4000_ip_firmware"},{"vendor":"auerswald","product":"compact_5000r_ip_firmware"},{"vendor":"auerswald","product":"compact_5010_voip_ip_firmware"},{"vendor":"auerswald","product":"compact_5020_voip_ip_firmware"},{"vendor":"auerswald","product":"compact_5200r_ip_firmware"},{"vendor":"auerswald","product":"compact_5500r_ip_firmware"}],"references":[{"url":"https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/en/advisories/-advisories-publicised-vulnerability-analyses","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165166/Auerswald-COMpact-8.0B-Arbitrary-File-Disclosure.html","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"]},{"url":"https://www.redteam-pentesting.de/advisories/rt-sa-2021-006","tags":["x_refsource_MISC","x_transferred","Exploit","Third Party Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-40858"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9w6r-rp23-g8hv"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-2021-40858","description":"Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Arbitrary File Disclosure. A sub-admin can read the cleartext Admin password via the fileName=../../etc/passwd substring.","status":"published","published":"2021-12-13T03:27:51Z","modified":"2024-08-04T02:51:07.77Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:01.495293Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2021-28014","description":"Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Arbitrary File Disclosure. A sub-admin can read the cleartext Admin password via the fileName=../../etc/passwd substring.","status":"published","published":"2021-12-13T03:27:51Z","modified":"2024-08-04T02:51:07Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:24:19.692229Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-9w6r-rp23-g8hv","title":"Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Arbitrary File Disclosure. A sub-admin can read...","description":"Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Arbitrary File Disclosure. A sub-admin can read the cleartext Admin password via the fileName=../../etc/passwd substring.","status":"published","published":"2021-12-14T00:01:14Z","modified":"2023-02-01T05:07:02Z","cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:50:28.399252Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-2021-40858","description":"Auerswald COMpact 5500R devices before 8.2B allow Arbitrary File Disclosure. A sub-admin can read the cleartext Admin password via the fileName=../../etc/passwd substring.","status":"published","published":"2021-12-13T04:15:07.087Z","modified":"2026-06-17T04:07:33.103Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.1","score":4.9,"vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"},{"version":"2.0","score":6.8,"vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"cwes":["CWE-22"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:07:02.189991Z"}]}}