01 Record
CVE-2025-12943
Improper certificate validation in firmware update logic in NETGEAR RAX30 and RAXE300
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: NETGEAR
CNA base score5.2 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber
02 Description
Improper certificate validation in firmware update logic in NETGEAR RAX30 and RAXE300
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.
- SSVC decision
- ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
- AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
- Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 5.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.2 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber
- NVD analysis status
- Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-18.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2025-11-11 16:17Z11 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-02-26 16:57Z8 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2025-11-10
- Assigning CNA
- NETGEAR
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber
- Weaknesses
- CWE-295Improper Certificate ValidationBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 6772acd309aeb56b9a6f85311b78a792420d5fab106828cf298908ed2ca4de7d
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.netgear.comhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax30
- www.netgear.comhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe300
- kb.netgear.comhttps://kb.netgear.com/000070355/NETGEAR-Security-Advisories-November-2025
07 Remediation
Devices with automatic updates enabled may already have this patch applied. If not, please check the firmware version and update to the latest. Fixed in: RAX30 firmware 1.0.14.108 or later. RAXE300 firmware 1.0.9.82 or later