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CVE-2017-18862

• 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: 2020-04-28 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects JGS516PE before 2017-05-11, JGS524Ev2 before 2017-05-11, JGS524PE before 2017-05-11, GS105Ev2 before 2017-05-11, GS105PE before 2017-05-11, GS108Ev3 before 2017-05-11, GS108PEv3 before 2017-05-11, GS116Ev2 before 2017-05-11, GSS108E before 2017-05-11, GSS116E before 2017-05-11, XS708Ev2 before 2017-05-11, and XS716E before 2017-05-11.

Affected products

• NETGEAR Gs105E Firmware: before 2017-05-11 — fixed in 2017-05-11
• NETGEAR Gs105Pe Firmware: before 2017-05-11 — fixed in 2017-05-11
• NETGEAR Gs108E Firmware: before 2017-05-11 — fixed in 2017-05-11
• NETGEAR Gs108Pe Firmware: before 2017-05-11 — fixed in 2017-05-11
• NETGEAR Gs116E Firmware: before 2017-05-11 — fixed in 2017-05-11
• NETGEAR Gss108E Firmware: before 2017-05-11 — fixed in 2017-05-11
• NETGEAR Gss116E Firmware: before 2017-05-11 — fixed in 2017-05-11
• NETGEAR Jgs516Pe Firmware: before 2017-05-11 — fixed in 2017-05-11
• NETGEAR Jgs524E Firmware: before 2017-05-11 — fixed in 2017-05-11
• NETGEAR Jgs524Pe Firmware: before 2017-05-11 — fixed in 2017-05-11
• NETGEAR Xs708E Firmware: before 2017-05-11 — fixed in 2017-05-11
• NETGEAR Xs716E Firmware: before 2017-05-11 — fixed in 2017-05-11

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR Gs105E Firmware 2017-05-11; NETGEAR Gs105Pe Firmware 2017-05-11; NETGEAR Gs108E Firmware 2017-05-11; NETGEAR Gs108Pe Firmware 2017-05-11; NETGEAR Gs116E Firmware 2017-05-11; NETGEAR Gss108E Firmware 2017-05-11; NETGEAR Gss116E Firmware 2017-05-11; NETGEAR Jgs516Pe Firmware 2017-05-11; NETGEAR Jgs524E Firmware 2017-05-11; NETGEAR Jgs524Pe Firmware 2017-05-11; NETGEAR Xs708E Firmware 2017-05-11; NETGEAR Xs716E Firmware 2017-05-11. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000037849/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-ProSAFE-Web-Managed-Switches-PSV-2015-0043
• https://kb.netgear.com/000037849/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-ProSAFE-Web-Managed-Switches-PSV-2015-0043

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