{"id":"CVE-2023-27368","aliases":["EUVD-2023-31144","GHSA-r955-pv6h-62wj"],"status":"published","title":"NETGEAR RAX30 soap_serverd Stack-based Buffer Overflow Authentication Bypass Vulnerability","description":"NETGEAR RAX30 soap_serverd Stack-based Buffer Overflow Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the soap_serverd binary. When parsing SOAP message headers, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. 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This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.\n\nThe specific flaw exists within the soap_serverd binary. When parsing SOAP message headers, the process does not properly validate the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-19839.","status":"published","published":"2024-05-03T01:56:18.138Z","modified":"2024-08-02T12:09:43.325Z","cvss":[{"version":"3.0","score":8.8,"vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","level":"high","assessor":"cna"}],"cwes":["CWE-121"],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:35:26.261013Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-2023-31144","description":"NETGEAR RAX30 soap_serverd Stack-based Buffer Overflow Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. 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