What is CVE-2025-44650?

CVE-2025-44650 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Eax80, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-07-21.

How severe is CVE-2025-44650?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Netgear Eax80

CVE-2025-44650

In Netgear R7000 V1.3.1.64_10.1.36 and EAX80 V1.0.1.70_1.0.2, the USERLIMIT_GLOBAL option is set to 0 in the bftpd.conf configuration file. This can cause DoS attacks when unlimited users are connected.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.005 (40.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Netgear Eax80
Netgear Eax80_firmware — versions 1.0.1.70_1.0.2
Netgear R7000
Netgear R7000_firmware — versions 1.3.1.64_10.1.36
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

cve@mitre.org (Vendor Advisory)
cve@mitre.org (Broken Link)
cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-44650?: CVE-2025-44650 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netgear Eax80, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-07-21.
How severe is CVE-2025-44650?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.