CVE-2026-11731
Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Certain NETGEAR RAX Series Models
02 Description
Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Certain NETGEAR RAX Series Models
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
- 0.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 18.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.3 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/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:Y/R:X/V:D/RE:X/U:Amber
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-16.
- 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
- 2026-10-13 14:41Z15 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-16 13:58Z12 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-06-09
- Assigning CNA
- NETGEAR
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.3)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/V:D/U:Amber
- Weaknesses
- CWE-288Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or ChannelBase
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 27d1f720d12a7e122ec2dd5af4c02e520e7e0751a2cfe90d0cea6cd607f71112
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.netgear.comhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax30
- kb.netgear.comhttps://kb.netgear.com/000070958/October-2026-NETGEAR-Security-Advisory
07 Remediation
Devices with automatic updates enabled may already have this patch applied. If not, please check the firmware version and update it to the latest. Fixed in: ProductFixed VersionRAX28 Nighthawk AX5 5-Stream AX2200 WiFi 6 Router v1.0.15.110 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax28 RAX29 Nighthawk AX2400 WiFi 6 Router v1.0.15.110 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax29 RAX30 Nighthawk AX5 5-Stream AX2400 WiFi 6 Router v1.0.15.110 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax30