CVE-2022-40620

CWE-295 — Improper Certificate Validation3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.7HIGH
EPSS
0.1%
top 67.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
10
Netgear R6230 FirmwareNetgear R6260 FirmwareNetgear R7000 Firmware+7 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 28

Description

FunJSQ, a third-party module integrated on some NETGEAR routers and Orbi WiFi Systems, does not properly validate TLS certificates when downloading update packages through its auto-update mechanism. An attacker (suitably positioned on the network) could intercept the update request and deliver a malicious update package in order to gain arbitrary code execution on affected devices. This affects R6230 before 1.1.0.112, R6260 before 1.1.0.88, R7000 before 1.0.11.134, R8900 before 1.0.5.42, R9000 b…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:LExploitability: 2.2 | Impact: 5.5

Affected Packages10 packages

▶NVDnetgear/r6230_firmware< 1.1.0.112
▶NVDnetgear/r6260_firmware< 1.1.0.88
▶NVDnetgear/r7000_firmware< 1.0.11.134
▶NVDnetgear/r8900_firmware< 1.0.5.42
▶NVDnetgear/r9000_firmware< 1.0.5.42

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-8cgh-w254-67rw: FunJSQ, a third-party module integrated on some NETGEAR routers and Orbi WiFi Systems, does not properly validate TLS certificates when downloading up↗2026-01-28
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CVEList
CVE-2022-40620: FunJSQ, a third-party module integrated on some NETGEAR routers and Orbi WiFi Systems, does not properly validate TLS certificates when downloading up↗2026-01-28
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