Some end of service NETGEAR products provide "TelnetEnable" functionality, which allows a…
Priority MEDIUM 43CWE-1242Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · High · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Some end of service NETGEAR products provide "TelnetEnable" functionality, which allows a magic packet to activate telnet service on the box.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00248 16th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-24714
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jf99-74qp-89mx
References
More NETGEAR vulnerabilities
- TI-2020-16346 NETGEAR JGS516PE devices before 2.6.0.43 are affected by lack of access control at the function level. KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-04600 Buffer overflow in NETGEAR All versions prior to WNR2000v3 1.1.2.14, WNR2000v4 1.0.0.66… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-03982 ping.cgi on NETGEAR DGN2200 devices with firmware through 10.0.0.50 allows remote… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-08250 The NETGEAR WNR2000v5 router contains a buffer overflow in the hidden_lang_avi parameter… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2016-01416 (1) boardData102.php, (2) boardData103.php, (3) boardDataJP.php, (4) boardDataNA.php, and… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-04162 dnslookup.cgi on NETGEAR DGN2200 devices with firmware through 10.0.0.50 allows remote… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2026-24714 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-24714 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jf99-74qp-89mx · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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