CVE-2026-9218Insufficient input validation vulnerability in Certain NETGEAR routers allows unauthorized access
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 0.18%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 92% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Insufficient input validation vulnerability in time server (NTP) setting of the listed NETGEAR models allows an attacker who is connected to the router’s local network and has the router’s administrator credentials to run unauthorized commands on the router. This vulnerability could impact the integrity of the affected router. There is no impact on confidentiality or availability of the affected router.
Timeline
ID reserved
By NETGEAR
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NETGEARCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber |
| NETGEARCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium4.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Awaiting Analysis | 4.0 | Medium4.3 | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.18% · top 92% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Affected products
What to do
Solution: Devices with automatic updates enabled may already have this patch applied. If not, please check the firmware version and update it to the latest. Fixed in: ProductFixed VersionCBR40 (EoS) Orbi AC2200 Tri-band WiFi Cable Modem RouterWon't FixR7000 (EoS) Nighthawk AC1900 Smart WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router v1.0.11.130 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/r7000 R7000P (EoS) Nighthawk AC2300 Smart WiFi Dual Band Gigabit Router V1.3.3.152 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/r7000p RAX40 (EoS) Nighthawk AX4 4-Stream WiFi Router V1.0.3.64 https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax40 Models marked (EoS) have reached End-of-Support phase, and no security updates are planned. NETGEAR strongly recommends that you retire these devices and upgrade to a newer NETGEAR device for continued security support.
References
References5
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/r7000/ (opens in a new tab)productpatch
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/cbr40/ (opens in a new tab)productpatch
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/r7000p/ (opens in a new tab)productpatch
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax40/ (opens in a new tab)productpatch
- https://kb.netgear.com/000070958/October-2026-NETGEAR-Security-Advisory (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisorypatch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-98771 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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