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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-12942

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 D

Published Nov 11, 2025 · catalog updated Feb 26, 2026 · Netgear R6850

Last checked Nov 2, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12942. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of Netgear R6850 is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium4.8
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.32%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
vendor Netgear R6850 0 ≤1.1.0.86

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.

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  • vendor Netgear R6850 0 ≤1.1.0.860 ≤1.1.0.86

How to fix CVE-2025-12942

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-12942. EPSS is 0.32%. Act only if a listed version of Netgear R6850 is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Netgear R6850 0 ≤1.1.0.86 0 ≤1.1.0.86. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.32%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 11, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    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.

  2. Feb 26, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-12942

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-12942

    30-day exploitation probability 0.32%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-93461

    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.

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 2, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 2, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 24, 2026
  • EUVDOct 24, 2026