CVE-2021-33044: Dahua IP Camera Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Actively exploited. At least one CVE in this advisory is listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog — exploitation has been observed in the wild. Treat remediation as urgent.
Dahua IP cameras and related products contain an authentication bypass vulnerability when the NetKeyboard type argument is specified by the client during authentication.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- There is an authentication bypass vulnerability when the NetKeyboard type argument is specified by the client during authentication.
- Who is affected
- Dahua IP cameras and related products are affected.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to active exploitation and critical severity.
- Action
- Update to the latest firmware to mitigate the vulnerability.
AI-assisted analysis generated from the source advisory — verify against the original.
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Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33044
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Exploitation confirmedCVE-2021-33044Already exploited in the wild (CISA KEV) — the prediction phase is over. Patch now. Riskier than 100% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2021-33044 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Dahua IP Camera
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- criticalexploitedCVE-2021-33045: Dahua IP Camera Authentication Bypass Vulnerabilitycisa-kev · 2024-08-21
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