Buffer overflow vulnerability in some NETGEAR Nighthawk routers
8Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 1.1epss 0.5%
exploitation probability
0.5%top 57% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A buffer overflow vulnerability in the listed NETGEAR models allows a device administrator to temporarily interrupt the normal operation of the affected device.
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber
Affected products
NETGEAR · RAX41NETGEAR · RAX41v2NETGEAR · RAX42NETGEAR · RAX42v2NETGEAR · RAX43NETGEAR · RAX43v2NETGEAR · RAX49SNETGEAR · RAX50NETGEAR · RAX50v2NETGEAR · RAX54SNETGEAR · RAX54Sv2References
https://kb.netgear.com/000070887/August-2026-NETGEAR-Security-Advisoryhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41/https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41v2/https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42/https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42v2/https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43/https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43v2/https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax49s/https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax50/https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax50v2/