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CVE-2020-35792

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-12-30 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects R7500v2 before 1.0.3.48, R8900 before 1.0.5.2, R9000 before 1.0.5.2, and R7800 before 1.0.2.68.

Affected products

• NETGEAR R7500 Firmware: before 1.0.3.48 — fixed in 1.0.3.48
• NETGEAR R7800 Firmware: before 1.0.2.68 — fixed in 1.0.2.68
• NETGEAR R8900 Firmware: before 1.0.5.2 — fixed in 1.0.5.2
• NETGEAR R9000 Firmware: before 1.0.5.2 — fixed in 1.0.5.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR R7500 Firmware 1.0.3.48; NETGEAR R7800 Firmware 1.0.2.68; NETGEAR R8900 Firmware 1.0.5.2; NETGEAR R9000 Firmware 1.0.5.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000062682/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2019-0157
• https://kb.netgear.com/000062682/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2019-0157

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