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CVE-2021-27372

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2021-03-25 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-522

Description

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.

Affected products

• Realtek Xpon Rtl9601D Software Development Kit: 1.9

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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