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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.8

CVE-2021-40521 json

Airangel HSMX Gateway devices through 5.2.04 allow Remote Code Execution.

published 2021-11-10 4 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2021-27697

cvss
9.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.5%
EPSS 4.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Airangel HSMX Gateway devices through 5.2.04 allow Remote Code Execution.

Exploit prediction

4.49% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • etizazmohsin.com http://etizazmohsin.com/hsmx.html#rce referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.