Resource exhaustion in NETGEAR Rax30
CVE-2023-28338
Any request send to a Netgear Nighthawk Wifi6 Router (RAX30)'s web service containing a “Content-Type” of “multipartboundary=” will result in the request body being written to “/tmp/mulipartFile” on the device itself. A sufficiently large file will cause device resources to be exhausted, resulting in the device becoming unusable until it is rebooted.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.006 (47.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 48th percentile — 47.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- NETGEAR Rax30
- NETGEAR Rax30 Firmware
- NETGEAR Nighthawk Wifi6 Router (Rax30) — versions All known versions
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- drupal9.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2023-12 (Permissions Required)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-28338?
- CVE-2023-28338 is a high-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR Rax30, classified under Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2023-03-15.
- How severe is CVE-2023-28338?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.