CVE-2021-34979

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2022-01-13 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-120

Description

This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR R6260 1.1.0.78_1.0.1 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of SOAP requests. When parsing the SOAPAction header, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-13512.

Affected products

NETGEAR R6260: 1.1.0.78_1.0.1

References

https://kb.netgear.com/000064261/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2021-0152?article=000064261
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1241/
https://kb.netgear.com/000064261/Security-Advisory-for-Vertical-Privilege-Escalation-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2021-0152?article=000064261
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-21-1241/

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