Description
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.
CVSS breakdown
Affected products
- NETGEAR / MR900 – V1.0.2.46
- NETGEAR / MS900 – V1.0.2.46
- NETGEAR / RAX35v20 – V1.0.17.142
- NETGEAR / RAX410 – V1.0.17.142
- NETGEAR / RAX41v20 – V1.1.6.36
- NETGEAR / RAX420 – V1.0.17.142
- NETGEAR / RAX42v20 – V1.1.6.36
- NETGEAR / RAX430 – V1.0.17.142
- NETGEAR / RAX43v20 – V1.1.6.36
- NETGEAR / RAX450 – V1.0.17.142
- NETGEAR / RAX49S0 – V1.1.6.36
- NETGEAR / RAX500 – V1.2.14.114
- NETGEAR / RAX50v20 – V1.1.6.36
- NETGEAR / RAX54Sv20 – V1.1.6.36
- NETGEAR / RAXE4500 – V1.2.14.114
- NETGEAR / RAXE5000 – V1.2.14.114
- NETGEAR / RS7000 – 1.0.7.82
References
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rs700
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax54sv2
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41v2
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/RAX50
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe500
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax35v2
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe450
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43v2
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax45
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax50v2
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/mr90
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/ms90
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42v2
- MISChttps://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax49s
- MISChttps://kb.netgear.com/000070416/December-2025-NETGEAR-Security-Advisory