A security flaw was found in certain NETGEAR RAX models that could allow a logged-in user to send specially crafted requests to the router and run unauthorized commands. This could enable the user to make unauthorized changes to the router and affect its security and operation.
CVE-2026-62656
This medium-severity CVE scores 5.4 under the CNA's CVSS (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit-prediction score not yet available (the EPSS model rescores nightly; freshly-published CVEs typically appear within 48 hours). GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 5.4
- EG Score
- 5.4(low)
- EPSS
- 4.8%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 14, 2026
Last Modified
July 15, 2026
References (3)
- a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5https://kb.netgear.com/000070859/July-2026-NETGEAR-Security-Advisory
- a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe450/
- a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5https://www.netgear.com/support/product/raxe500/
Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-62656(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 5× in last 7d / 5× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-15 16:04 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-15 16:04 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-14 18:05 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-14 18:05 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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