Medium [CVE-2026-62658] security flaw was discovered in certain NETGEAR Nighthawk RAX series routers that could allow someone already logged in to the device to run unauthorized commands or code on the router
This medium-severity NETGEAR advisory covers CVE-2026-62658 affecting RAX43, RAX45, RAX50.
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Summary
A security flaw was discovered in certain NETGEAR Nighthawk RAX series routers that could allow someone already logged in to the device to run unauthorized commands
or code on the router.
Affected products named by the advisory: RAX43; RAX45; RAX50; RAX54S; and 1 more.
Affected products named by the advisory: RAX54Sv2.
- RAX43 before V1.0.17.142
- RAX45 before V1.0.17.142
- RAX50 before V1.0.17.142
- RAX54S before V1.0.17.142
- RAX54Sv2 before V1.1.6.36
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
- V1.0.17.142
- V1.1.6.36
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
Mitigation
Upgrade to a fixed release: V1.0.17.142, V1.1.6.36. That is the remediation for this advisory.
The vendor advisory may list additional interim mitigations or workarounds not captured here — review it before change work.
Official advisory · high-confidence parse· fetched 2 months ago·verify at source
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