What is CVE-2020-26929?

CVE-2020-26929 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R6220, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2020-10-09.

How severe is CVE-2020-26929?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

RCE in NETGEAR R6220

CVE-2020-26929

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an authenticated user. This affects R6220 before 1.1.0.100 and R6230 before 1.1.0.100.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

Published 2020-10-09 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (58.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 59th percentile — 58.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

kb.netgear.com/000062323/Security-Advisory-for-Post-Authentication-Command-Inje… (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-26929?: CVE-2020-26929 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR R6220, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2020-10-09.
How severe is CVE-2020-26929?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.