Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by lack of access control at the function level.

published 2020-12-29 5y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-23439

cvss: 6.2; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.9%; EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 58%
public exploits: 0; none known

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by lack of access control at the function level. This affects JGS516PE before 2.6.0.48, JGS524PE before 2.6.0.48, JGS524Ev2 before 2.6.0.48, and GS116Ev2 before 2.6.0.48.

Patch / fix

fixed in 4

netgear jgs516pe_firmware 2.6.0.48
netgear jgs524e_firmware 2.6.0.48
netgear jgs524pe_firmware 2.6.0.48
netgear gs116e_firmware 2.6.0.48

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Exploit prediction

0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	6.2	CVSS:3.1/AC:H/AV:N/A:L/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N
CNA	3.1	6.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:L
NVD	3.1	7.2	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	6.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

kb.netgear.com /000062638/Security-Advisory-for-Missing-Function-Level-Access-Control-on-Some-Smart-Managed-Plus-Switches-PSV
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2020-35784
NVD CVE-2020-35784

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