Vulnerability Monitor

The vendors, products, and vulnerabilities you care about

CVE-2026-0403


An insufficient input validation vulnerability in NETGEAR Orbi routers allows attackers connected to the router's LAN to execute OS command injections.


Security Impact Summary

This vulnerability carries a HIGH severity rating with a CVSS v3.1 score of 8.0, indicating it requires adjacent network access with relatively low complexity without requiring user interaction requiring only low-level privileges . The vulnerability impacts confidentiality (data exposure), integrity (unauthorized modifications), and availability (service disruption) for affected systems. Impacting 20 products from netgear, from netgear, from netgear and 17 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Reported in 2026, this vulnerability emerged during an era marked by increased sophistication in supply chain attacks, cloud infrastructure vulnerabilities, and software-as-a-service (SaaS) security challenges. Security practices during this period emphasized zero-trust architectures, container security, and API protection.


Published

2026-01-13T16:16:10.150

Last Modified

2026-02-20T19:38:39.640

Status

Analyzed

Source

a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 8.0 (HIGH)

Weaknesses
  • Type: Secondary
    CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System netgear rbe971_firmware < 9.10.0.2 Yes
Hardware netgear rbe971 - No
Operating System netgear rbe970_firmware < 9.10.0.2 Yes
Hardware netgear rbe970 - No
Operating System netgear rbr750_firmware < 7.2.8.5 Yes
Hardware netgear rbr750 - No
Operating System netgear rbr850_firmware < 7.2.8.5 Yes
Hardware netgear rbr850 - No
Operating System netgear rbr860_firmware < 7.2.8.5 Yes
Hardware netgear rbr860 - No
Operating System netgear rbs750_firmware < 7.2.8.5 Yes
Hardware netgear rbs750 - No
Operating System netgear rbs850_firmware < 7.2.8.5 Yes
Hardware netgear rbs850 - No
Operating System netgear rbs860_firmware < 7.2.8.5 Yes
Hardware netgear rbs860 - No
Operating System netgear rbre960_firmware < 7.2.8.5 Yes
Hardware netgear rbre960 - No
Operating System netgear rbse960_firmware < 7.2.8.5 Yes
Hardware netgear rbse960 - No

References

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For netgear's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.