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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.7

CVE-2021-38531 json

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings.

published 2021-08-11 5 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-24981

cvss
4.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 36%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects D6200 before 1.1.00.40, D7000 before 1.0.1.78, R6020 before 1.0.0.42, R6080 before 1.0.0.42, R6120 before 1.0.0.66, R6260 before 1.1.0.78, R6700v2 before 1.2.0.76, R6800 before 1.2.0.76, R6900v2 before 1.2.0.76, R7450 before 1.2.0.76, AC2100 before 1.2.0.76, and AC2400 before 1.2.0.76.

Patch / fix

  • netgear d6200_firmware 1.1.00.40
  • netgear d7000_firmware 1.0.1.78
  • netgear r6020_firmware 1.0.0.42
  • netgear r6080_firmware 1.0.0.42
  • netgear r6120_firmware 1.0.0.66
  • netgear r6260_firmware 1.1.0.78
  • netgear r6700_firmware 1.2.0.76
  • netgear r6800_firmware 1.2.0.76
  • netgear r6900_firmware 1.2.0.76
  • netgear r7450_firmware 1.2.0.76
  • netgear ac2100_firmware 1.2.0.76
  • netgear ac2400_firmware 1.2.0.76

Exploit prediction

0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 36% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:L/A:N/C:H/I:L/PR:H/S:U/UI:N
CNA 3.1 4.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.2 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.