Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in some NETGEAR Nighthawk models
8Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 1.9epss 0.5%
exploitation probability
0.5%top 58% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability affects the listed NETGEAR models allowing an authenticated admin user to make unauthorized modification to the router's software and functionality.
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber
Affected products
NETGEAR · R7000NETGEAR · RAX20NETGEAR · RAX35v2NETGEAR · RAX41NETGEAR · RAX41v2NETGEAR · RAX42NETGEAR · RAX42v2NETGEAR · RAX43NETGEAR · RAX43v2NETGEAR · RAX45NETGEAR · RAX49SNETGEAR · RAX50NETGEAR · RAX50SNETGEAR · RAX50v2NETGEAR · RAX54Sv2NETGEAR · RAX54v2NETGEAR · RAXE450NETGEAR · RAXE500NETGEAR · XR1000NETGEAR · XR1000v2References
https://kb.netgear.com/000070887/August-2026-NETGEAR-Security-Advisoryhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/r7000/https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax20/https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax35v2/https://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/rax45/https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax49s/