NETGEAR RAX30/RAX35/RAX38/RAX40/RAXE300 Management UI input validation

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5.0$5k-$25k1.42

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in NETGEAR RAX30, RAX35, RAX38, RAX40 and RAXE300 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Management UI. Such manipulation leads to input validation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2026-9216. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in NETGEAR RAX30, RAX35, RAX38, RAX40 and RAXE300 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code of the component Management UI. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

An insufficient input validation vulnerability in the listed NETGEAR RAX series models allows a network-adjacent attacker having network access (such as WiFi credentials) to crash the router's management UI. There is no confidentiality or integrity impact. A crash of the router's management UI does not impact the availability of the router's core services like WiFi network.

The advisory is shared for download at netgear.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-9216 since 05/21/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/09/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

05/21/2026 CVE reserved
09/09/2026 +111 days Advisory disclosed
09/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
09/09/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netgear.com

Advisory: netgear.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2026-9216 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-9216
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-401468

Entryinfo

Created: 09/09/2026 06:25
Changes: 09/09/2026 06:25 (79)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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