CVE-2021-20170

8.8 highEPSS 0.5%

High (8.8) in netgear rax43 firmware. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Netgear RAX43 version 1.0.3.96 makes use of hardcoded credentials. It does not appear that normal users are intended to be able to manipulate configuration backups due to the fact that they are encrypted. This encryption is accomplished via a password-protected zip file with a hardcoded password (RAX50w!a4udk). By unzipping the configuration using this password, a user can reconfigure settings not intended to be manipulated, re-zip the configuration, and restore a backup causing these settings to be changed.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

8.8 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 44% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-798
Published: 2021-12-30
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

netgear:rax43_firmware

References

https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-55
https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-55

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