Vulnerability record

CVE-2020-26919

Netgear JGS516PE Devices Missing Function Level Access Control Vulnerability

Severity: CriticalExploitation: Exploitation confirmedCISA KEV
What should I do?

This vulnerability is in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: attackers are using it. If you run JGS516PE Devices, fix it now.

CISA required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.

US federal civilian agencies must remediate by May 3, 2022.

Patch status

No official fix confirmed yet

Until a fix ships, follow the vendor's mitigations and CISA's required action, limit exposure of affected systems, and watch this record for a patch.

Description

NETGEAR JGS516PE devices before 2.6.0.43 are affected by lack of access control at the function level.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database. Official vulnerability data, reproduced as published.

Affected products

Products affected by this vulnerability, with versions and the source of each entry
ProductVendorSource
JGS516PE DevicesNETGEARKEV

Sources: KEV = CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. Version details have not been published yet.

Intelligence timeline

Developments from the last 30 days, newest first.

  1. CVSS scoredUpdateKEV

    CVE-2020-26919 scored CVSS 9.8: NETGEAR JGS516PE Devices, Netgear JGS516PE Devices Missing Function Level Access Control Vulnerability

    CISA lists this as exploited in the wild. Unpatched JGS516PE Devices systems are exposed to active attacks now.

    Basis: NIST National Vulnerability Database

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Coverage

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References

  • nvd.nist.gov https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-26919
  • kb.netgear.com https://kb.netgear.com/000062334/Security-Advisory-for-Missing-Function-Level-Access-Control-on-JGS516PE-PSV-2…
  • cisa.gov https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2020-26919