Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 3, 2021· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2021-27215
CVE-2021-27215
Description
An issue was discovered in genua genugate before 9.0 Z p19, 9.1.x through 9.6.x before 9.6 p7, and 10.x before 10.1 p4. The Web Interfaces (Admin, Userweb, Sidechannel) can use different methods to perform the authentication of a user. A specific authentication method during login does not check the provided data (when a certain manipulation occurs) and returns OK for any authentication request. This allows an attacker to login to the admin panel as a user of his choice, e.g., the root user (with highest privileges) or even a non-existing user.
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Affected products
33cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 30 more
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=9.0
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:10.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:10.1:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:10.1:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:10.1:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p10:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p11:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p12:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p13:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p14:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p15:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p16:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p17:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p18:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p8:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p9:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.6.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.6.0:p2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.6.0:p3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.6.0:p4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.6.0:p5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.6.0:p6:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
3- kunde.genua.de/en/overview/genugate.htmlnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/authentication-bypass-genua-genugate/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- www.genua.de/en/it-security-solutions/high-resistance-firewall-genugatenvdProduct
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