CVE record · CVE-2025-12946

Improper input validation in NETGEAR Nighthawk routers

CVSS 4.4 MediumEPSS 0.0029 · 22nd percentile

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: NETGEAR) at 9 Dec 2025, 17:02 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

Affected products, as the CNA wrote them
Vendor	Product	Versions
NETGEAR	RS700	affected 1.0.7.82 and earlier custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	RAX54Sv2	affected before V1.1.6.36 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	RAX41v2	affected before V1.1.6.36 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	RAX50	affected before V1.2.14.114 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	RAXE500	affected before V1.2.14.114 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	RAX41	affected before V1.0.17.142 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	RAX43	affected before V1.0.17.142 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	RAX35v2	affected before V1.0.17.142 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	RAXE450	affected before V1.2.14.114 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	RAX43v2	affected before V1.1.6.36 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	RAX42	affected before V1.0.17.142 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	RAX45	affected before V1.0.17.142 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	RAX50v2	affected before V1.1.6.36 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	MR90	affected before V1.0.2.46 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	RAX42v2	affected before V1.1.6.36 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	RAX49S	affected before V1.1.6.36 custom Other versions: unaffected
NETGEAR	MS90	affected before V1.0.2.46 custom Other versions: unaffected

Identifiers: CVE-2025-12946
CNA: NETGEAR
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
Tags: NETGEAR RS700
NETGEAR RAX54Sv2
NETGEAR RAX41v2
NETGEAR RAX50
NETGEAR RAXE500
NETGEAR RAX41
NETGEAR RAX43
NETGEAR RAX35v2
CWE-20
Published: 9 Dec 2025
Updated: 26 Feb 2026

Not analysed yet

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Severity and exploitation

Score	Rating	CVSS	Vector	Source
4.4	Medium	4.0	CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/S:N/AU:N/R:A/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber	CNA (NETGEAR)

CISA KEV Not listed.
EPSS 0.0029, the 22nd percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 9 Dec 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them.

Sources

References from the CNA

www.netgear.com/support/product/rs700 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/rax54sv2 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41v2 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/RAX50 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe500 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/rax35v2 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe450 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43v2 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/rax45 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/rax50v2 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/mr90 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/ms90 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42v2 productpatch
www.netgear.com/support/product/rax49s productpatch
kb.netgear.com/000070416/December-2025-NETGEAR-Security-Advisory vendor-advisory

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