What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-18709

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-24 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects R8300 before 1.0.2.94 and R8500 before 1.0.2.94.

Affected products

• NETGEAR R8300 Firmware: before 1.0.2.94 — fixed in 1.0.2.94
• NETGEAR R8500 Firmware: before 1.0.2.94 — fixed in 1.0.2.94

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR R8300 Firmware 1.0.2.94; NETGEAR R8500 Firmware 1.0.2.94. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000053156/Security-Advisory-for-Security-Misconfiguration-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-0326
• https://kb.netgear.com/000053156/Security-Advisory-for-Security-Misconfiguration-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-0326

Get alerted when CVE-2017-18709 or the next vulnerability affects your stack