CVE-2026-24714
21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.7epss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 86% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In short
Some older NETGEAR devices allow telnet service to be activated remotely by sending a special magic packet, giving attackers command-line access if telnet is enabled.
Technical detail
CWE-1242 (Insufficient Logging of Security Relevant Events) manifests as an undocumented TelnetEnable feature in end-of-service NETGEAR products that permits remote activation of telnet via crafted packets. An attacker with network access can trigger this functionality to gain unauthenticated shell access to the device without leaving audit trails.
Summary generated and translated by AI from the official description.
Some end of service NETGEAR products provide "TelnetEnable" functionality, which allows a magic packet to activate telnet service on the box.
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Affected products
NETGEAR · NETGEAR products