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CVE-2021-45648 — Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information

High CVSS 7.5

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information. This affects EX6100v2 before 1.0.1.106, EX6150v2 before 1.0.1.106, EX6250 before 1.0.0.146, EX6400 before 1.0.2.164, EX6400v2 before 1.0.0.146, EX6410 before 1.0.0.146, EX6420 before 1.0.0.146, EX7300 before 1.0.2.164, EX7300v2 before 1.0.0.146, EX7320 before 1.0.0.146, EX7700 before 1.0.0.222, LBR1020 before 2.6.5.16, LBR20 before 2.6.5.2, RBK352 before 4.3.4.7, RBK50 before 2.7.3.22, RBR350 before 4.3.4.7, RBR50 before 2.7.3.22, and RBS350 before 4.3.4.7.

Severity
High
CVSS
7.5 (3.1)
Published
2021-12-26
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Affected products

  • netgear / ex6100v2_firmware
  • netgear / ex6150v2_firmware
  • netgear / ex6250_firmware
  • netgear / ex6400_firmware
  • netgear / ex6400v2_firmware
  • netgear / ex6410_firmware

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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