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🔥 On the fly · exploited in the wildOld bug, newly exploited (KEV 2024-08-21)Scalding · 540°CcriticalOn hold · status unknown

Dahua surveillance cameras: RCE

Dahua surveillance cameras

Hackers are exploiting Chinese-made Dahua surveillance cameras, changing settings and creating unauthorized user accounts.

Also affects (downstream advisories): dahuasecurity xvr-7x32 firmware, dahuasecurity tpc-bf5x21 firmware. Check those vendors' own fixes.

First seen: 26 Oct 2026
Last update: 26 Oct 2026, 14:21 UTC
Identifiers: CVE-2021-33044
CVE-2021-33045
CVSS: 9.8
Source: news

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## Dahua surveillance cameras: RCE
Severity: critical, exploited in the wild. Patch status: fix status unknown.
Affected: Dahua surveillance cameras
Ids: CVE-2021-33044, CVE-2021-33045

Hackers are exploiting Chinese-made Dahua surveillance cameras, changing settings and creating unauthorized user accounts.

## Steps
1. Search the repo, its CI and infra config for Dahua surveillance cameras. If present, report the version in use and whether it's affected.
2. No source names a fix yet; check the vendor advisory. Until one ships: restrict network access to it.

## Report
A table: file, product or package, version in use, affected yes/no, exact fix. Then anything a human has to check outside the repo.

If you have the pwned.coffee MCP server (https://pwned.coffee/mcp), call lookup_cve("CVE-2021-33044") for the latest, and check_repo with this repo's lockfiles, Dockerfiles and workflows for a full receipt.
Sources: https://therecord.media/ukraine-cert-ua-warning-chinese-dahua-cameras-hacked
https://pwned.coffee/i/dahua-surveillance-cameras-rce

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Exploitation: Exploited: listed in CISA KEV
Public PoC “Exploit database entry: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/164423/Dahua-Authentication-Bypass.html” source
CISA KEV “CVE-2021-33044, CVE-2021-33045 added to CISA KEV on 2024-08-21, federal deadline 2024-09-11.” source
Score: CVSS 9.8 (critical). CVSS 3.1 9.8 (NVD) for CVE-2021-33044
Last checked: 26 Oct 2026, 15:17 UTC

Sources: KEV ✓ CVE record ✓ Vendor –

Sources

therecord.media: Ukraine warns hackers are exploiting Chinese-made Dahua surveillance cameras

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