Medium severity6.8NVD Advisory· Published Dec 30, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-20168
CVE-2021-20168
Description
Netgear RAX43 version 1.0.3.96 does not have sufficient protections to the UART interface. A malicious actor with physical access to the device is able to connect to the UART port via a serial connection, login with default credentials, and execute commands as the root user. These default credentials are admin:admin.
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Affected products
2- Netgear/RAX43description
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References
1- www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2021-55nvdThird Party Advisory
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