Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information.

published 2020-10-09 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-19461

cvss: 5.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits: 0; none known

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of sensitive information. This affects WC7500 before 6.5.5.24, WC7600 before 6.5.5.24, WC7600v2 before 6.5.5.24, and WC9500 before 6.5.5.24.

Patch / fix

fixed in 3

netgear wc7500_firmware 6.5.5.24
netgear wc7600_firmware 6.5.5.24
netgear wc9500_firmware 6.5.5.24

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Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:A/A:N/C:H/I:L/PR:N/S:U/UI:N
CNA	3.1	5.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	3.3	AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

kb.netgear.com /000062321/Security-Advisory-for-Sensitive-Information-Disclosure-on-Some-Wireless-Controllers-PSV-2020-0268
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-26931
NVD CVE-2020-26931

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