CVE-2025-12946
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.
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Affected products
38- Range: 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
- NETGEAR/MR90v5Range: 0
- NETGEAR/MS90v5Range: 0
- NETGEAR/RAX45v5Range: 0
- NETGEAR/RAX49Sv5Range: 0
- NETGEAR/RAX54Sv2v5Range: 0
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
18- kb.netgear.com/000070416/December-2025-NETGEAR-Security-AdvisorynvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.netgear.com/support/product/RAX50nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/mr90nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/ms90nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/rax35v2nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/rax41v2nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/rax42v2nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/rax43v2nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/rax45nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/rax49snvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/rax50v2nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/rax54sv2nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe450nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe500nvdPatchProduct
- www.netgear.com/support/product/rs700nvdPatchProduct
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