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🛡️ CVE-2023-34284 — rax30-firmware

🟡 CVSS 6.3 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-798 NVD
6.3
CVSS Score
0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

NETGEAR RAX30 Use of Hard-coded Credentials Authentication Bypass Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to bypass authentication on affected installations of NETGEAR RAX30 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the system configuration. The system contains a hardcoded user account which can be used to access the CLI service as a low-privileged user. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to bypass authentication on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-19660.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached from an adjacent network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability low.

CVSS metrics in full

The score comes from this vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

  • Attack vector: Adjacent network — the attacker has to sit on the same local or logical network.
  • Attack complexity: Low — the attack works reliably, with no preparation.
  • Privileges required: None — an unauthenticated stranger can try it.
  • User interaction: None — nobody has to be tricked into anything.
  • Scope: Unchanged — the damage stays inside the vulnerable component.
  • Confidentiality impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Integrity impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.
  • Availability impact: Low — limited, and the attacker does not choose what is affected.

Weakness class

CVE-2023-34284 is classified as CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials. Credentials are built into the product, so they are identical on every installation and cannot be rotated.

Affected software

CVE-2023-34284 is recorded against 1 package.

  • rax30-firmware (fixed in 1.0.10.94)

Timeline and source

Published on 3 May 2024 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

kb.netgear.com
www.zerodayinitiative.com
kb.netgear.com
www.zerodayinitiative.com

Other advisories for this package

rax30-firmware has other advisories on record. If you are patching this one, these are worth checking on the same host:

Same weakness in other software

These advisories are the same class of weakness (CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials) in other software:

Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.3
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CWE CWE-798
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2024-05-03
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
rax30-firmware — 1.0.10.94

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