CVE-2026-9216
Insufficient input validation vulnerability exists in certain NETGEAR RAX Models
02 Description
Insufficient input validation vulnerability exists in certain NETGEAR RAX 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
- Not scored by EPSS
- EPSS percentile
- Not scored by EPSS
- NVD base score
- 1.2 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/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:A/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber
- NVD analysis status
- Awaiting Analysis. NVD last modified this record on 2026-09-09.
- 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
- 2026-09-08 17:09Z18 HR AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-09-09 03:55Z7 HR AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-05-21
- Assigning CNA
- NETGEAR
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Low (CVSS 1.2)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:Y/R:A/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber
- Weaknesses
- CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- f2e64153d2ed853d87bf3c298e14b84f22f3dc817a7e09a0eb77092d9061ef18
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.netgear.comhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax30
- www.netgear.comhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax35
- www.netgear.comhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax38
- www.netgear.comhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax40
- www.netgear.comhttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe300
- kb.netgear.comhttps://kb.netgear.com/000070912/September-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 VersionRAX30 Nighthawk AX5 5-Stream AX2400 WiFi 6 Router V1.0.9.92 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax30 RAX35 Nighthawk AX4 4-Stream WiFi 6 Router V1.0.10.72 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax35 RAX38 (EoS) Nighthawk AX4 4-Stream AX3000 WiFi Router V1.0.6.106 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax38 RAX40 (EoS) Nighthawk AX4 4-Stream WiFi Router V1.0.6.106 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax40 RAXE300 Nighthawk AXE7800 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Router V1.0.10.72 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe300 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.