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CVE-2017-18798

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% 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-20

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects R6700v2 before 1.1.0.38, R6800 before 1.1.0.38, D7000 before 1.0.1.50, and D1500 before 1.0.0.25.

Affected products

• NETGEAR D1500 Firmware: before 1.0.0.25 — fixed in 1.0.0.25
• NETGEAR D500 Firmware: before 1.0.0.25 — fixed in 1.0.0.25
• NETGEAR D7000 Firmware: before 1.0.1.50 — fixed in 1.0.1.50
• NETGEAR R6700: before 1.1.0.38 — fixed in 1.1.0.38
• NETGEAR R6800 Firmware: before 1.1.0.38 — fixed in 1.1.0.38

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR D1500 Firmware 1.0.0.25; NETGEAR D500 Firmware 1.0.0.25; NETGEAR D7000 Firmware 1.0.1.50; NETGEAR R6700 1.1.0.38; NETGEAR R6800 Firmware 1.1.0.38. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000049358/Security-Advisory-for-Security-Misconfiguration-Vulnerability-on-Some-Routers-and-Some-DSL-Modem-Routers-PSV-2017-2159
• https://kb.netgear.com/000049358/Security-Advisory-for-Security-Misconfiguration-Vulnerability-on-Some-Routers-and-Some-DSL-Modem-Routers-PSV-2017-2159

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