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CVE-2021-38516 — Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by lack of access control at the function level

Critical CVSS 10

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by lack of access control at the function level. This affects D6220 before 1.0.0.48, D6400 before 1.0.0.82, D7000v2 before 1.0.0.52, D7800 before 1.0.1.44, D8500 before 1.0.3.43, DC112A before 1.0.0.40, DGN2200v4 before 1.0.0.108, RBK50 before 2.3.0.32, RBR50 before 2.3.0.32, RBS50 before 2.3.0.32, RBK20 before 2.3.0.28, RBR20 before 2.3.0.28, RBS20 before 2.3.0.28, RBK40 before 2.3.0.28, RBR40 before 2.3.0.28, RBS40 before 2.3.0.28, R6020 before 1.0.0.34, R6080 before 1.0.0.34, R6120 before 1.0.0.44, R6220 before 1.1.0.80, R6230 before 1.1.0.80, R6250 before 1.0.4.34, R6260 before 1.1.0.40, R6850 before 1.1.0.40, R6350 before 1.1.0.40, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.62, R6700v3 before 1.0.2.62, R6700v2 before 1.2.0.36, R6800 before 1.2.0.36, R6900v2 before 1.2.0.36, R7000 before 1.0.9.34, R6900P before 1.3.1.44, R7000P before 1.3.1.44, R7100LG before 1.0.0.48, R7200 before 1.2.0.48, R7350 before 1.2.0.48, R7400 before 1.2.0.48, R7450 before 1.2.0.36, AC2100 before 1.2.0.36, AC2400 before 1.2.0.36, AC2600 before 1.2.0.36, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.38, R7800 before 1.0.2.58, R7900 before 1.0.3.8, R7960P before 1.4.1.44, R8000 before 1.0.4.28, R7900P before 1.4…

Severity
Critical
CVSS
10 (3.1)
Published
2021-08-11
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system

Affected products

  • netgear / d6220_firmware
  • netgear / d6400_firmware
  • netgear / d7000_firmware
  • netgear / d7800_firmware
  • netgear / d8500_firmware
  • netgear / dc112a_firmware

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Matched remediation archetype

General vulnerability remediation

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Check exposure

  • Confirm the affected component, deployment paths, reachable interfaces, and enabled features from inventories and configuration, without probing production destructively.
  • Compare the advisory's affected conditions with the repository lockfiles, build manifests, artifacts, and runtime inventory.
  • Identify data sensitivity, trust boundaries, and privilege level for every confirmed affected deployment.

Remediate safely

  • Apply a vendor-supported fix or remove the affected component or feature; record the selected change and its source in the repository.
  • Update direct and transitive dependency locks, generated artifacts, deployment manifests, and asset inventories together.
  • Add a regression test for the documented unsafe condition using inert inputs and preserve rollback instructions.

Authoritative sources

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