Medium 4.5Published Oct 13, 2026

CVE-2026-9218Insufficient input validation vulnerability in Certain NETGEAR routers allows unauthorized access

Updated under an hour ago (2026-10-19 10:10 UTC)

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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.

CVSS: 4.5 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: NETGEAR
NVD analysis: Awaiting Analysis
Record last updated: Oct 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 13, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

NETGEAR CBR40 netgear:cbr40 (from the name)	all versions	CNA record
NETGEAR R7000 netgear:r7000 (from the name)	before v1.0.11.130	CNA record
NETGEAR R7000P netgear:r7000p (from the name)	before V1.3.3.152	CNA record
NETGEAR RAX40 netgear:rax40 (from the name)	before V1.0.3.64	CNA record

References

https://www.netgear.com/support/product/r7000/product, patch
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/cbr40/product, patch
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/r7000p/product, patch
https://www.netgear.com/support/product/rax40/product, patch
https://kb.netgear.com/000070958/October-2026-NETGEAR-Security-Advisoryvendor-advisory, patch

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