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CVE-2018-21137

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-798

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a hardcoded password. This affects D3600 before 1.0.0.76 and D6000 before 1.0.0.76.

Affected products

• NETGEAR D3600 Firmware: before 1.0.0.76 — fixed in 1.0.0.76
• NETGEAR D6000 Firmware: before 1.0.0.76 — fixed in 1.0.0.76

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR D3600 Firmware 1.0.0.76; NETGEAR D6000 Firmware 1.0.0.76. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://kb.netgear.com/000060223/Security-Advisory-for-Hardcoded-Password-on-Some-Modem-Routers-PSV-2018-0099
• https://kb.netgear.com/000060223/Security-Advisory-for-Hardcoded-Password-on-Some-Modem-Routers-PSV-2018-0099

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