CVE-2021-20168

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

Netgear RAX43 version 1.0.3.96 does not have sufficient protections to the UART interface. A malicious actor with physical access to the device is able to connect to the UART port via a serial connection, login with default credentials, and execute commands as the root user. These default credentials are admin:admin.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 6.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-287

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/aNetgear RAX431.0.3.96

References

Timeline

Published
Dec 30, 2021
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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