# Authentication Bypass in NETGEAR Orbi Devices

CVE record · `CVE-2026-0405`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2026-0405`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 6.1 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** NETGEAR
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-287](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/287.html)
- **Tags:** [Authentication bypass](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/auth-bypass.md)
- **Technologies:** [NETGEAR RBE970](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbe970.md) · [NETGEAR RBE971](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbe971.md) · [NETGEAR CBR750](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-cbr750.md) · [NETGEAR NBR750](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-nbr750.md) · [NETGEAR RBE770](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbe770.md) · [NETGEAR RBE771](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbe771.md) · [NETGEAR RBE772](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbe772.md) · [NETGEAR RBE773](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbe773.md) · [NETGEAR RBR750](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbr750.md) · [NETGEAR RBS750](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbs750.md) · [NETGEAR RBR840](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbr840.md) · [NETGEAR RBS840](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbs840.md) · [NETGEAR RBR850](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbr850.md) · [NETGEAR RBS850](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbs850.md) · [NETGEAR RBR860](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbr860.md) · [NETGEAR RBS860](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbs860.md) · [NETGEAR RBRE950](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbre950.md) · [NETGEAR RBSE950](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbse950.md) · [NETGEAR RBRE960](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbre960.md) · [NETGEAR RBSE960](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/netgear-rbse960.md)
- **Published:** 13 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 26 Feb 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: NETGEAR) at 13 Jan 2026, 16:00 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: NETGEAR. Product: RBE970.
  - affected: `before v9.13.2.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBE971.
  - affected: `before v9.13.2.1` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: CBR750.
  - affected: `before V4.6.14.8` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: NBR750.
  - affected: `before V4.6.15.14` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBE770.
  - affected: `before v10.5.20.7` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBE771.
  - affected: `before v10.5.20.7` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBE772.
  - affected: `before v10.5.20.7` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBE773.
  - affected: `before v10.5.20.7` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBR750.
  - affected: `before v7.2.8.2` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBS750.
  - affected: `before v7.2.8.2` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBR840.
  - affected: `before v7.2.8.2` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBS840.
  - affected: `before v7.2.8.2` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBR850.
  - affected: `before v7.2.8.2` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBS850.
  - affected: `before v7.2.8.2` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBR860.
  - affected: `before v7.2.8.2` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBS860.
  - affected: `before v7.2.8.2` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBRE950.
  - affected: `before v7.2.8.2` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBSE950.
  - affected: `before v7.2.8.2` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBRE960.
  - affected: `before v7.2.8.2` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBSE960.
  - affected: `before v7.2.8.2` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBE370.
  - affected: `before v12.1.3.11` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBE371.
  - affected: `before v12.1.3.11` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBE372.
  - affected: `before v12.1.3.11` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBE373.
  - affected: `before v12.1.3.11` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: NETGEAR. Product: RBE374.
  - affected: `before v12.1.3.11` (custom)
  - Other versions: unaffected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 6.1 Medium, CVSS 4.0: `CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:M/U:Amber`, from CNA (NETGEAR)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0036, the 30th 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 13 Jan 2026. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2026-0405](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-0405)
- [NVD: CVE-2026-0405](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-0405)

### References from the CNA

- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbe971> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbe970> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/cbr750> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/nbr750> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbe770> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbe771> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbe772> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbe773> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbr750> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbs750> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbr840> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbs840> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbr850> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbs850> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbr860> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbs860> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbre950> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbse950> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbre960> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbse960> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbe370> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbe371> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbe372> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbe373> (patch, product)
- <https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rbe374> (patch, product)
- <https://kb.netgear.com/000070442/January-2026-NETGEAR-Security-Advisory> (vendor-advisory)

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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