Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-40856

HighPublic PoC

Published: 13 December 2021

Published
13 December 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score 0.8810 99.5th percentile
Risk Priority 68 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-40856 is a high-severity Use of Incorrectly-Resolved Name or Reference (CWE-706) vulnerability in Auerswald Comfortel 3600 Ip Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Auerswald COMfortel 1400 IP and 2600 IP before 2.8G devices allow Authentication Bypass via the /about/../ substring.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

auerswald
comfortel 3600 ip firmware
≤ 2.8f
auerswald
comfortel 2600 ip firmware
≤ 2.8f
auerswald
comfortel 1400 ip firmware
≤ 2.8f

Mitigating Controls

No mitigating controls mapped yet. The per-CVE control annotator has not reached this CVE.

References