CVE-2021-27372

9.8 criticalEPSS 1.7%

Critical (9.8) in realtek xpon rtl9601d software development kit. EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Realtek xPON RTL9601D SDK 1.9 stores passwords in plaintext which may allow attackers to possibly gain access to the device with root permissions via the build-in network monitoring tool and execute arbitrary commands.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

9.8 critical

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

EPSS: 1.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 77% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-522
Published: 2021-03-25
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

realtek:xpon_rtl9601d_software_development_kit

References

https://www.realtek.com/images/safe-report/RTL9601D_CVE-2021-27372.pdf
https://www.realtek.com/images/safe-report/RTL9601D_CVE-2021-27372.pdf

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