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CVE-2017-18797

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 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: 2020-04-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by an attacker's ability to read arbitrary files. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.24, R7900 before 1.0.1.18, R8000 before 1.0.3.54, and R8500 before 1.0.2.100.

Affected products

• NETGEAR R6400 Firmware: before 1.0.1.24 — fixed in 1.0.1.24
• NETGEAR R7900 Firmware: before 1.0.1.18 — fixed in 1.0.1.18
• NETGEAR R8000 Firmware: before 1.0.3.54 — fixed in 1.0.3.54
• NETGEAR R8500 Firmware: before 1.0.2.100 — fixed in 1.0.2.100

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR R6400 Firmware 1.0.1.24; NETGEAR R7900 Firmware 1.0.1.18; NETGEAR R8000 Firmware 1.0.3.54; NETGEAR R8500 Firmware 1.0.2.100. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000049365/Security-Advisory-for-Arbitrary-File-Read-Vulnerability-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-0318
• https://kb.netgear.com/000049365/Security-Advisory-for-Arbitrary-File-Read-Vulnerability-on-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-0318

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