CVE-2025-12943
Improper certificate validation in firmware update logic in NETGEAR RAX30 and RAXE300
Improper certificate validation in firmware update logic in NETGEAR RAX30 (Nighthawk AX5 5-Stream AX2400 WiFi 6 Router) and RAXE300 (Nighthawk AXE7800 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Router) allows attackers with the ability to intercept and tamper traffic destined to the device to execute arbitrary commands on the device.
Devices with automatic updates enabled may already have this patch applied. If not, please check the firmware version and update to the latest.
Fixed in:
RAX30 firmware 1.0.14.108 or later.
RAXE300 firmware 1.0.9.82 or later
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Improper certificate validation in firmware update logic in NETGEAR RAX30 and RAXE300
Improper certificate validation in firmware update logic in NETGEAR RAX30 (Nighthawk AX5 5-Stream AX2400 WiFi 6 Router) and RAXE300 (Nighthawk AXE7800 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Router) allows attackers with the ability to intercept and tamper traffic destined to the device to execute arbitrary commands on the device.
Devices with automatic updates enabled may already have this patch applied. If not, please check the firmware version and update to the latest.
Fixed in:
RAX30 firmware 1.0.14.108 or later.
RAXE300 firmware 1.0.9.82 or later
- Record
CVE-2025-12943- CVSS 4.0
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-93539
Improper certificate validation in firmware update logic in NETGEAR RAX30 (Nighthawk AX5 5-Stream AX2400 WiFi 6 Router) and RAXE300 (Nighthawk AXE7800 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Router) allows attackers with the ability to intercept and tamper traffic destined to the device to execute arbitrary commands on the device.
Devices with automatic updates enabled may already have this patch applied. If not, please check the firmware version and update to the latest.
Fixed in:
RAX30 firmware 1.0.14.108 or later.
RAXE300 firmware 1.0.9.82 or later
- Record
EUVD-2025-93539- CVSS 4.0
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gvh9-7g44-g9mq
Improper certificate validation in firmware update logic in NETGEAR RAX30 (Nighthawk AX5 5-Stream...
Improper certificate validation in firmware update logic in NETGEAR RAX30 (Nighthawk AX5 5-Stream AX2400 WiFi 6 Router) and RAXE300 (Nighthawk AXE7800 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Router) allows attackers with the ability to intercept and tamper traffic destined to the device to execute arbitrary commands on the device.
Devices with automatic updates enabled may already have this patch applied. If not, please check the firmware version and update to the latest.
Fixed in:
RAX30 firmware 1.0.14.108 or later.
RAXE300 firmware 1.0.9.82 or later
- Record
GHSA-gvh9-7g44-g9mq- CVSS 4.0
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Improper certificate validation in firmware update logic in NETGEAR RAX30 (Nighthawk AX5 5-Stream AX2400 WiFi 6 Router) and RAXE300 (Nighthawk AXE7800 Tri-Band WiFi 6E Router) allows attackers with the ability to intercept and tamper traffic destined to the device to execute arbitrary commands on the device.
Devices with automatic updates enabled may already have this patch applied. If not, please check the firmware version and update to the latest.
Fixed in:
RAX30 firmware 1.0.14.108 or later.
RAXE300 firmware 1.0.9.82 or later
- Record
CVE-2025-12943- CVSS 4.0
- 5.2 Medium
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber - CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-295
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-12943 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.2) in Netgear Rax30, published November 11, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. No source names a fixed version.