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Command injection via attacker-in-the-middle on multiple NETGEAR router and mesh system models allows a network-adjacent adversary who can intercept and modify local traffic to compromise both the confidentiality and integrity of affected devices. The root cause is CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation), meaning the device fails to properly authenticate the remote party during a network exchange - likely firmware update or cloud management traffic - enabling a suitably positioned attacker to inject commands without authenticating to the device. Exploitation is constrained by the requirement for physical network adjacency, active MitM capability, and affected region-specific SKUs; no public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis.
Insufficient authentication (CWE-306) and input validation weaknesses across more than 25 NETGEAR router and mesh system models allow an adjacent-network attacker with low-level privileges to execute arbitrary commands and read sensitive configuration data, or alter certain device settings. The CVSS 4.0 vector confirms the attack is limited to adjacent network segments (AV:A) and requires low privileges (PR:L), with high confidentiality impact on both the vulnerable component and subsequent systems (VC:H, SC:H). No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and NETGEAR has self-reported the issue with patches available for all listed product lines.
Command injection via attacker-in-the-middle on multiple NETGEAR router and mesh system models allows a network-adjacent adversary who can intercept and modify local traffic to compromise both the confidentiality and integrity of affected devices. The root cause is CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation), meaning the device fails to properly authenticate the remote party during a network exchange - likely firmware update or cloud management traffic - enabling a suitably positioned attacker to inject commands without authenticating to the device. Exploitation is constrained by the requirement for physical network adjacency, active MitM capability, and affected region-specific SKUs; no public exploit code or CISA KEV listing has been identified at time of analysis.
Insufficient authentication (CWE-306) and input validation weaknesses across more than 25 NETGEAR router and mesh system models allow an adjacent-network attacker with low-level privileges to execute arbitrary commands and read sensitive configuration data, or alter certain device settings. The CVSS 4.0 vector confirms the attack is limited to adjacent network segments (AV:A) and requires low privileges (PR:L), with high confidentiality impact on both the vulnerable component and subsequent systems (VC:H, SC:H). No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and NETGEAR has self-reported the issue with patches available for all listed product lines.