CVE Intelligence
Medium

CVE-2026-62657 — Certificate validation vulnerability in NETGEAR Gaming Router and certain Nighthawk models

A security flaw in the router's certificate validation process was discovered in the NETGEAR XR1000 Gaming Router and certain Nighthawk models that could allow an unauthorized person to remotely access and take control of the device.

Published Jul 14, 2026 · Updated Oct 15, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: NETGEAR

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.
How the score was calculated
  • EPSS 0.2% (30-day exploitation probability)+1
  • Technical severity (medium)+3

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation
Not confirmed
Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.
EPSS FIRST
0.15%
ahead of 4% of scored CVEs · Oct 15, 2026
Affects
NETGEAR
MR70 and 3 more
CVSS base
4.9
Medium · 2 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation
None
none · proof-of-concept · active
Automatable
No
can an attacker script the kill-chain steps
Technical impact
Total
partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

  1. Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (NETGEAR MR70, NETGEAR MS70, NETGEAR RAXE500…).
  2. No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
  3. Search available logs for exploit probes, errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

VendorProductVersionsStatusSource
NETGEAR MR70 < V1.0.4.48 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
NETGEAR MS70 < V1.0.4.48 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
NETGEAR RAXE500 < V1.2.14.114 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
NETGEAR XR1000 < V1.0.2.86 Vulnerable CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector
Adjacent
Attack complexity
High
Attack requirements
Present
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
X
Confidentiality (vulnerable system)
High
Integrity (vulnerable system)
High
Availability (vulnerable system)
None
Confidentiality (subsequent)
None
Integrity (subsequent)
None
Availability (subsequent)
None

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactScored by
4.9 CVSS 4.0 Medium — — a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5 via NIST National Vulnerability Database
4.9 CVSS 4.0 Medium — — NETGEAR via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:Amber (score shown at the top: a2826606-91e7-4eb6-899e-8484bd4575d5)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-599

Other CVEs with this weakness →

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

  • Not enough vector or weakness data: use the affected application’s logs as a starting point.
application logs

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

  • 2026
  • Affected products added · netgear/mr70, netgear/ms70, netgear/raxe500, netgear/xr1000
    Oct 15, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • SSVC assessment updated
    Oct 15, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
  • Record published
    Oct 15, 2026
  • CVSS changed · 4.9
    Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Source status changed · → Deferred
    Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • Record created in this database
    Oct 15, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
  • CVE published
    Jul 14, 2026 · NETGEAR

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

  • 1× Official description updated · Oct 15, 2026 – Oct 15, 2026

References

5 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

NETGEAR
every CVE for this vendor
CWE-599
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

  • CVE-2026-11739 Command injection vulnerability in some NETGEAR Nighthawk devices Aug 11, 2026
  • CVE-2026-11738 Insufficient input validation in certain NETGEAR Nighthawk routers allows administrators to tamper with the device. Aug 11, 2026
  • CVE-2026-11734 Device administrator can interrupt the normal operation of some NETGEAR Nighthawk devices. Aug 11, 2026
  • CVE-2026-11735 Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in some NETGEAR Nighthawk models Aug 11, 2026
  • CVE-2026-11736 Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in some NETGEAR Nighthawk routers Aug 11, 2026
  • CVE-2026-62656 Post-authenticated command injection vulnerability found in certain NETGEAR RAX models Jul 14, 2026

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
  • No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2026-62657 is "Certificate validation vulnerability in NETGEAR Gaming Router and certain Nighthawk models", rated Medium. It affects MR70 (NETGEAR); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 4.9 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.15% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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