CVE-2021-20138

HighCVSS 8.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

An unauthenticated command injection vulnerability exists in multiple parameters in the Gryphon Tower router’s web interface at /cgi-bin/luci/rc. An unauthenticated remote attacker on the same network can execute commands as root on the device by sending a specially crafted malicious packet to the web interface.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 8.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-78

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 9, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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