VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2023-28338

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability0.63%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2023-03-15
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

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.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-770

Primary references