critical Known exploitedREV. 01

CVE-2021-33045Dahua Cameras — Authentication Bypass, Second Report

A second flaw in the same Dahua login exchange lets a crafted request skip identity checking, with the same result: the device and its video stream.

YOUR NEXT MOVE

Update the camera firmware per Dahua's advisory, and take the devices off any network reachable from outside.

Read the risk

THE VITAL STATS
CVSS score
9.8/ 10
CVSS v3.1
EPSS probability
100%
Likelihood of exploitation
Attack complexity
Low
Conditions needed to exploit
Known exploited
Yes — CISA KEV
CVE published
2021-09-15
Added to KEV
2024-08-21
Exploit published
Yes
Confidence
high
Kill chain
initial access
MITRE ATT&CK
T1190, T1078
Severity
critical

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

Attacker needsNetwork access to the camera

Behind the card

5 REFERENCES
Field-level provenanceTRACE THE SOURCES +

Which source supports each field, when it was retrieved, and who extracted it.

FieldsSourceRetrievedExtractorConfidence
cvss, exploitation.attack_complexity, exploitation.exploit_available, references, published_atnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
exploitation.known_exploited, exploitation.kev_addedcisa.gov2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
epssapi.first.org2026-08-07scrty-crds-pipeline/0.1high
title, summary, severity, remediation, mitre_attack, kill_chain, recommended_action, confidence, tags, exploitation.prerequisitesnvd.nist.gov2026-08-07claude-codehigh

Printing history

THE RECORD
  1. r1Initial base card

First printing. This card has not been reprinted since publication.

crds:cve-2021-33045 · CRDS 0.1 · Issued 2026-08-07