CVE-2026-62658
Post-authentication Command Injection Vulnerability in certain Nighthawk RAX series models
02 Description
Post-authentication Command Injection Vulnerability in certain Nighthawk 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 ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.
- EPSS probability
- 0.30% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 22.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.7 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/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:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
- NVD analysis status
- Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-15.
- 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
- 2026-07-14 17:46Z3 MO AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-07-15 17:01Z3 MO AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-07-14
- Assigning CNA
- NETGEAR
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 4.7)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20Improper Input ValidationClass
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- d501f98d3c954356f10380209d16ad16dfc59fa5d743d111f38ab00dca05acf4
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.netgear.comhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43/
- www.netgear.comhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax45/
- www.netgear.comhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax50/
- www.netgear.comhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax54sv2/
- kb.netgear.comhttps://kb.netgear.com/000070859/July-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 VersionRAX43 (EoS) Nighthawk AX5 5-Stream AX4200 WiFi Router V1.0.17.142 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43/ RAX45 (EoS) Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX4300 WiFi Router V1.0.17.142 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax45/ RAX50 Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi 6 Router V1.0.17.142 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax50/ RAX54S Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router V1.0.17.142 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax54s/ RAX54Sv2 Nighthawk AX6 6-Stream AX5400 WiFi Router V1.1.6.36 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax54sv2/ Models marked (EoS) have reached End-of-Support phase, and no security updates are planned. NETGEAR strongly recommends that you retire these devices and upgrade to a newer NETGEAR device for continued security support.