A vulnerability in the speedtest feature of affected NETGEAR Nighthawk routers, caused by improper input validation, can allow attackers on the router's WAN side, using attacker-in-the-middle techniques (MiTM) to manipulate DNS responses and execute commands when speedtests are run. This issue affects RS700: through 1.0.7.82; RAX54Sv2 : before V1.1.6.36; RAX41v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX50: before V1.2.14.114; RAXE500: before V1.2.14.114; RAX41: before V1.0.17.142; RAX43: before V1.0.17.142; RAX35v2: before V1.0.17.142; RAXE450: before V1.2.14.114; RAX43v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX42: before V1.0.17.142; RAX45: before V1.0.17.142; RAX50v2: before V1.1.6.36; MR90: before V1.0.2.46; MS90: before V1.0.2.46; RAX42v2: before V1.1.6.36; RAX49S: before V1.1.6.36.
2025-12-09T17:15:48.820
2026-01-21T19:29:14.017
Analyzed
a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5
CVSSv3.1: 7.5 (HIGH)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating System | netgear | rs700_firmware | < 1.0.9.6 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | rs700 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | rax54sv2_firmware | < 1.1.6.36 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | rax54sv2 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | rax45v2_firmware | < 1.1.6.36 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | rax45v2 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | rax41v2_firmware | < 1.1.6.36 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | rax41v2 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | rax50_firmware | < 1.2.14.114 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | rax50 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | raxe500_firmware | < 1.2.14.114 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | raxe500 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | rax41_firmware | < 1.0.17.142 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | rax41 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | rax43_firmware | < 1.0.17.142 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | rax43 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | rax35v2_firmware | < 1.0.17.142 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | rax35v2 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | raxe450_firmware | < 1.0.17.142 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | raxe450 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | rax43v2_firmware | < 1.1.6.36 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | rax43v2 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | rax42_firmware | < 1.0.17.142 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | rax42 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | rax45_firmware | < 1.0.17.142 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | rax45 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | rax50v2_firmware | < 1.1.6.36 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | rax50v2 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | mr90_firmware | < 1.0.2.46 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | mr90 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | ms90_firmware | < 1.0.2.46 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | ms90 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | rax42v2_firmware | < 1.1.6.36 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | rax42v2 | - | No |
| Operating System | netgear | rax49s_firmware | < 1.1.6.36 | Yes |
| Hardware | netgear | rax49s | - | No |