CVE-2021-40407

Reolink RLC-410W IP Camera OS Command Injection Vulnerability

  • Critical 9.1
  • Exploited: added to CISA KEV 18 Dec 2024

Description

An OS command injection vulnerability exists in the device network settings functionality of reolink RLC-410W v3.0.0.136_20121102. At [1] or [2], based on DDNS type, the ddns->domain variable, that has the value of the domain parameter provided through the SetDdns API, is not validated properly. This would lead to an OS command injection. An attacker can send an HTTP request to trigger this vulnerability.

Key facts

Published
28 Jan 2022
Last changed
21 Oct 2025
Assigned by
talos
KEV added
18 Dec 2024
KEV fix due
8 Jan 2025
EPSS
47.635% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 98.868% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: active; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 9.1CVSS 3.0, Criticalfrom the CNA (talos)CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What to do

  • The impacted product could be end-of-life (EoL) and/or end-of-service (EoS). Users should discontinue product utilization if a current mitigation is unavailable.CISA KEV required action

Historical context and remediation

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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

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Affected products

VendorProductVersions
n/an/a
  • n/a (affected)

Timeline

  1. 28 Jan 2022 Published
  2. 18 Dec 2024 CVE-2021-40407 added to CISA KEV
  3. 18 Dec 2024 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue

Weakness

Practice this bug class

HackZoneLabs has a hands-on lab on OS command injection (CWE-78).

References