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CVE-2017-18802

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.6% 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-74

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection. This affects R6100 before 1.0.1.14, R7500 before 1.0.0.110, R7500v2 before 1.0.3.16, R7800 before 1.0.2.32, EX6200v2 before 1.0.1.50, and D7800 before 1.0.1.22.

Affected products

• NETGEAR D7800 Firmware: before 1.0.1.22 — fixed in 1.0.1.22
• Netgear EX6200: before 1.0.1.50 — fixed in 1.0.1.50
• NETGEAR R6100 Firmware: before 1.0.1.14 — fixed in 1.0.1.14
• NETGEAR R7500 Firmware: before 1.0.0.110; before 1.0.3.16 — fixed in 1.0.0.110, 1.0.3.16
• NETGEAR R7800 Firmware: before 1.0.2.32 — fixed in 1.0.2.32

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR D7800 Firmware 1.0.1.22; Netgear EX6200 1.0.1.50; NETGEAR R6100 Firmware 1.0.1.14; NETGEAR R7500 Firmware 1.0.0.110, 1.0.3.16; NETGEAR R7800 Firmware 1.0.2.32. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000049354/Security-Advisory-for-Command-Injection-Vulnerability-on-D7000-EX6200v2-and-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-2181
• https://kb.netgear.com/000049354/Security-Advisory-for-Command-Injection-Vulnerability-on-D7000-EX6200v2-and-Some-Routers-PSV-2017-2181

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