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CVE-2017-18766

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by an attacker's ability to read arbitrary files. This affects DST6501 before 1.1.0.6 and WNR2000v2 before 1.2.0.8.

Affected products

• NETGEAR Dst6501 Firmware: before 1.1.0.6 — fixed in 1.1.0.6
• NETGEAR Wnr2000 Firmware: before 1.2.0.8 — fixed in 1.2.0.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR Dst6501 Firmware 1.1.0.6; NETGEAR Wnr2000 Firmware 1.2.0.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000051479/Security-Advisory-for-Arbitrary-File-Read-on-DST6501-and-WNR2000v2-PSV-2017-0425
• https://kb.netgear.com/000051479/Security-Advisory-for-Arbitrary-File-Read-on-DST6501-and-WNR2000v2-PSV-2017-0425

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