CVE-2021-29080
Published: 23 March 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-29080 is a high-severity Weak Password Recovery Mechanism for Forgotten Password (CWE-640) vulnerability in Netgear Rbk852 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.1 (High).
Operationally, ranked at the 25.6th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-15721
Vulnerability details
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by password reset by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects RBK852 before 3.2.10.11, RBK853 before 3.2.10.11, RBR854 before 3.2.10.11, RBR850 before 3.2.10.11, RBS850 before 3.2.10.11, CBR40 before 2.5.0.10, R7000 before 1.0.11.116, R6900P before 1.3.2.126, R7900 before…
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1.0.4.38, R7960P before 1.4.1.66, R8000 before 1.0.4.66, R7900P before 1.4.1.66, R8000P before 1.4.1.66, RAX75 before 1.0.3.102, RAX80 before 1.0.3.102, and R7000P before 1.3.2.126.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Establishing procedures for lost or compromised authenticators addresses weak password recovery mechanisms.