What is CVE-2024-23690?

CVE-2024-23690 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Fvs336gv2, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-02-04.

How severe is CVE-2024-23690?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.

RCE in Netgear Fvs336gv2

CVE-2024-23690

The end-of-life Netgear FVS336Gv2 and FVS336Gv3 are affected by a command injection vulnerability in the Telnet interface. An authenticated and remote attacker can execute arbitrary OS commands as root over Telnet by sending crafted "util backup_configuration" commands.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.011 (62.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Netgear Fvs336gv2 — versions 0
Netgear Fvs336gv3 — versions 0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

disclosure@vulncheck.com (third-party-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-23690?: CVE-2024-23690 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Fvs336gv2, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.2/10. Published 2025-02-04.
How severe is CVE-2024-23690?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.2 out of 10.