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CVE-2021-33044

98
FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-33044 is a critical identity authentication bypass vulnerability affecting various Dahua products, including IP cameras, allowing attackers to bypass login authentication by crafting malicious data packets. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 9.8, indicating a critical severity with a network-based attack vector, low complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. It is actively exploited in the wild, as evidenced by its inclusion in the KEV catalog and mentions of its use in HiatusRAT malware attacks, with Nuclei templates available for detection and significant community discussion surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.820.0000000.5.r.210705CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:ipc-hum7xxx_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.800.0000000.29.r.210630CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:ipc-hx3xxx_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.820.0000000.18.r.210705CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:ipc-hx5xxx_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.812.0000007.0.r.210706CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:sd1a1_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.812.0000007.0.r.210706CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:dahuasecurity:sd22_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
99.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
100.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
Added to KEV · Aug 21, 2024
Nuclei: CVE-2021-33044 · Oct 19, 2021
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.9987 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

cisa.gov / known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog
US Government Resource
packetstormsecurity.com / files/164423/Dahua-Authentication-Bypass.html
ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2021/Oct/13
ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory
dahuasecurity.com / support/cybersecurity/details/957
Vendor Advisory