CVE-2021-20139 is an unauthenticated command injection vulnerability affecting Gryphon Tower routers, specifically within the controller_server service. An attacker on the same network can execute arbitrary commands as root by sending a specially crafted packet to port 9999. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 8.8, indicating a critical risk due to its network-adjacent attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 04.0004.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:gryphonconnect:gryphon_tower_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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