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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.4

CVE-2019-20656 json

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a hardcoded password.

published 2020-04-15 6 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2019-11195

cvss
6.4
version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 37%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a hardcoded password. This affects D6200 before 1.1.00.36, D7000 before 1.0.1.74, PR2000 before 1.0.0.30, R6020 before 1.0.0.42, R6080 before 1.0.0.42, R6050 before 1.0.1.24, JR6150 before 1.0.1.24, R6120 before 1.0.0.48, R6220 before 1.1.0.86, R6230 before 1.1.0.86, R6260 before 1.1.0.64, R6700v2 before 1.2.0.62, R6800 before 1.2.0.62, R6900v2 before 1.2.0.62, and WNR2020 before 1.1.0.62.

Patch / fix

  • netgear d6200_firmware 1.1.00.36
  • netgear d7000_firmware 1.0.1.74
  • netgear pr2000_firmware 1.0.0.30
  • netgear r6020_firmware 1.0.0.42
  • netgear r6080_firmware 1.0.0.42
  • netgear r6050_firmware 1.0.1.24
  • netgear jr6150_firmware 1.0.1.24
  • netgear r6120_firmware 1.0.0.48
  • netgear r6220_firmware 1.1.0.86
  • netgear r6230_firmware 1.1.0.86
  • netgear r6260_firmware 1.1.0.64
  • netgear r6700_firmware 1.2.0.62
  • netgear r6800_firmware 1.2.0.62
  • netgear r6900_firmware 1.2.0.62
  • netgear wnr2020_firmware 1.1.0.62

Exploit prediction

0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 37% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.0 6.4 CVSS:3.0/AC:H/AV:A/A:N/C:H/I:H/PR:L/S:U/UI:N
NVD 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.0 6.4 CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
NVD 2.0 3.3 AV:A/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.