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CVE-2020-26922

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-10-09 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects WC7500 before 6.5.5.24, WC7600 before 6.5.5.24, WC7600v2 before 6.5.5.24, and WC9500 before 6.5.5.24.

Affected products

• NETGEAR Wc7500 Firmware: before 6.5.5.24 — fixed in 6.5.5.24
• NETGEAR Wc7600 Firmware: before 6.5.5.24 — fixed in 6.5.5.24
• NETGEAR Wc7600V2 Firmware: before 6.5.5.24 — fixed in 6.5.5.24
• NETGEAR Wc9500 Firmware: before 6.5.5.24 — fixed in 6.5.5.24

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR Wc7500 Firmware 6.5.5.24; NETGEAR Wc7600 Firmware 6.5.5.24; NETGEAR Wc7600V2 Firmware 6.5.5.24; NETGEAR Wc9500 Firmware 6.5.5.24. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000062330/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Wireless-Controllers-PSV-2020-0139
• https://kb.netgear.com/000062330/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Wireless-Controllers-PSV-2020-0139

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