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Is CVE-2021-40407 being exploited?

Confirmed exploited in the wild

CISA has evidence of active exploitation. This is not theoretical risk — someone has already used it against someone.

Reolink RLC-410W IP Camera OS Command Injection Vulnerability

Reolink · RLC-410W IP Camera

CVSS 7.2 EPSS 48% no public exploit indexed Fix deadline passed 8 January 2025

What it is

Reolink RLC-410W IP cameras contain an authenticated OS command injection vulnerability in the device network settings functionality.

Why we say that

  • CISA's federal remediation deadline (2025-01-08) has passed
  • Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue

Every line above comes from a named public source. Where the evidence is thin, we say so rather than inventing confidence — see methodology.

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.

What it costs when this goes wrong

This is where UK enforcement meets the vulnerability record. Where an unfixed vulnerability leads to a breach, the ICO treats it as a security failure under UK GDPR. Recent cases:

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