# CVE-2025-12940: Credentials recorded in logs in NETGEAR WAX610 and WAX610Y

> Attackers with syslog access can read login credentials from logs on NETGEAR WAX610 access points when syslog is configured.

- **Severity:** Low 0.5 (`CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/AU:N/R:U/V:D/RE:L/U:Amber`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Nov 2025
- **Updated:** 14 Nov 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-43cp-h386-xgfv

## What is CVE-2025-12940?

CVE-2025-12940 is a low-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR WAX610, published on 11 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Login credentials are inadvertently recorded in logs if a Syslog Server is configured in NETGEAR WAX610
and WAX610Y (AX1800 Dual Band PoE Multi-Gig Insight Managed WiFi 6
Access Points). An user having access to the syslog server can read the logs containing these credentials. 

This issue affects WAX610: before 10.8.11.4; WAX610Y: before 10.8.11.4.

Devices
managed with Insight get automatic updates. If not, please check the firmware version
and update to the latest. 

Fixed in:

WAX610 firmware
11.8.0.10 or later.

WAX610Y firmware
11.8.0.10 or later.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12940?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Netgear Wax610 Firmware, Netgear Wax610y Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-12940?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12940 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-12940 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12940 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12940 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-12940 is a low-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR WAX610, published on 11 Nov 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12940 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: NETGEAR WAX610. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12940/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12940/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12940
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12940
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12940

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12940/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.