CVE-2021-36797

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    CVE-2021-36797

    Published: 19 Jul 2021Last Modified: 11 Feb 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In Victron Energy Venus OS through 2.72, root access is granted by default to anyone with physical access to the device. NOTE: the vendor disagrees with the reporter's opinion about an alleged "security best practices" violation

    References: https://github.com/victronenergy/venus/issues/836

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v1.16

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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