CVE-2022-27946

Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-03-26 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

NETGEAR R8500 1.0.2.158 devices allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary commands (such as telnetd) via shell metacharacters in the sysNewPasswd and sysConfirmPasswd parameters to admin_account.cgi.

Affected products

NETGEAR R8500 Firmware: 1.0.2.158

References

https://github.com/donothingme/VUL/blob/main/vul3/3.md
https://github.com/donothingme/VUL/blob/main/vul3/3.md

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