CVE-2021-27215 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting genua genuagate versions before 9.0 Z p19, 9.1.x through 9.6.x before 9.6 p7, and 10.x before 10.1 p4. An attacker can exploit a flaw in the web interface's authentication process to log in as any user, including root, without providing valid credentials. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) and it's not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness of its severity.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 10.0, <= 10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:genua:genuagate:9.0:p10:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.