CVE-2021-38519
CWE-77Published: August 11, 2021· Updated: Jun 17, 2026
Official Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects R6250 before 1.0.4.36, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.36, R6400 before 1.0.1.50, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.66, R6700v3 before 1.0.2.66, R6700 before 1.0.2.8, R6900 before 1.0.2.8, R7000 before 1.0.9.88, R6900P before 1.3.2.132, R7100LG before 1.0.0.52, R7900 before 1.0.3.10, R8000 before 1.0.4.46, R7900P before 1.4.1.50, R8000P before 1.4.1.50, and RAX80 before 1.0.1.40.
Technical Analysis
CVE-2021-38519 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.
Exploitation requires high privileges, which limits the exposure to scenarios where an attacker has already gained initial access.
A successful exploit results in complete confidentiality breach (data exposure), full integrity compromise (data manipulation), availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 7.2.
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Recommended Actions
- →Apply vendor patches immediately
- →Monitor CVE-2021-38519 in threat intel feeds
- →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts