CVE-2023-35722 NETGEAR RAX30 UPnP Command Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

What is CVE-2023-35722?

CVE-2023-35722 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in NETGEAR RAX30, published on 3 May 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

NETGEAR RAX30 UPnP Command Injection Remote Code Execution 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.

The specific flaw exists within the handling of UPnP port mapping requests. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. Was ZDI-CAN-20429.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-35722?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Netgear Rax30 Firmware.

How do I fix CVE-2023-35722?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-35722 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2023-35722 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-35722 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in NETGEAR RAX30

• CVE-2025-44658 File upload in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-1327 Auth bypass in Netgear RAX30 (AX2400) Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-27852 Memory corruption in NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi6 Router Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-27853 Other in NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi6 Router Critical 9.8
• CVE-2023-51635 NETGEAR RAX30 fing_dil Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability High 8.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-vx84-3575-4w72.