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CVE-2017-18736

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-74

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects JR6150 before 1.0.1.10, R6050 before 1.0.1.10, R6220 before 1.1.0.50, R6700v2 before 1.2.0.4, R6800 before 1.2.0.4, R6900v2 before 1.2.0.4, and WNDR3700v5 before 1.1.0.48.

Affected products

• NETGEAR JR6150: before 1.0.1.10 — fixed in 1.0.1.10
• NETGEAR R6050 Firmware: before 1.0.1.10 — fixed in 1.0.1.10
• NETGEAR R6220 Firmware: before 1.1.0.50 — fixed in 1.1.0.50
• NETGEAR R6700: before 1.2.0.4 — fixed in 1.2.0.4
• NETGEAR R6800 Firmware: before 1.2.0.4 — fixed in 1.2.0.4
• NETGEAR R6900 Firmware: before 1.2.0.4 — fixed in 1.2.0.4
• NETGEAR Wndr3700 Firmware: before 1.1.0.48 — fixed in 1.1.0.48

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR JR6150 1.0.1.10; NETGEAR R6050 Firmware 1.0.1.10; NETGEAR R6220 Firmware 1.1.0.50; NETGEAR R6700 1.2.0.4; NETGEAR R6800 Firmware 1.2.0.4; NETGEAR R6900 Firmware 1.2.0.4; NETGEAR Wndr3700 Firmware 1.1.0.48. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000051519/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-2142
• https://kb.netgear.com/000051519/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-Authentication-Command-Injection-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-2142

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