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CVE-2007-1338
The default configuration of the AirPort utility in Apple AirPort Extreme creates an IPv6 tunnel but does not enable the "Block incoming…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The default configuration of the AirPort utility in Apple AirPort Extreme creates an IPv6 tunnel but does not enable the "Block incoming IPv6 connections" setting, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by establishing IPv6 sessions that would have been rejected over IPv4.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- 24830 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://arstechnica.com/journals/apple.ars/2007/2/14/7063 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2007-1308 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- APPLE-SA-2007-04-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- airportextreme-ipv6-security-bypass(33526) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 1017889 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 34843 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=305366 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2007-1335 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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