CVE-2026-0408 Path traversal vulnerability in Netgear WiFi Range Extenders
An attacker with LAN access can exploit a path traversal flaw to read sensitive credentials from the router's webproc file.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-0408?
CVE-2026-0408 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in NETGEAR EX2800, published on 13 Jan 2026. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
A path traversal vulnerability in NETGEAR WiFi range extenders allows an attacker with LAN authentication to access the router's IP and review the contents of the dynamically generated webproc file, which records the username and password submitted to the router GUI.
Weakness: CWE-287
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-0408?
It affects 4 products.
Products include Netgear Ex2800 Firmware, Netgear Ex3110 Firmware, Netgear Ex5000 Firmware, Netgear Ex6110 Firmware.
How do I fix CVE-2026-0408?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-0408 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2026-0408 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-0408 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in NETGEAR EX2800
Sources
Also known as GHSA-rhrj-763h-99fq.