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Vulnerability · Published Aug 11, 2026 · Assigned by NETGEAR

CVE-2026-11737Some NETGEAR Nighthawk devices allow administrators to tamper with the device

Medium 4.3

In plain English

A medium-severity improper input validation in RAX20 from NETGEAR. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 26% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)4.3Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 73.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

Insufficient input validation vulnerability in the listed NETGEAR models allows authenticated administrators connected to the local network to make unauthorized modification to the device software and functionality.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
NETGEAR RAX20 0 – before V1.0.18.144
NETGEAR RAX41 0 – before V1.1.6.36
NETGEAR RAX41v2 0 – before V1.1.6.36
NETGEAR RAX42 0 – before V1.1.6.36
NETGEAR RAX42v2 0 – before V1.1.6.36
NETGEAR RAX43 0 – before V1.1.6.36
NETGEAR RAX43v2 0 – before V1.1.6.36
NETGEAR RAX45 0 – before V1.0.17.142
NETGEAR RAX49S 0 – before V1.1.6.36
NETGEAR RAX50 0 – before V1.1.6.36
NETGEAR RAX50v2 0 – before V1.1.6.36
NETGEAR RAX54S 0 – before V1.1.6.36
NETGEAR RAX54Sv2 0 – before V1.1.6.36

Weakness: CWE-20 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber

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