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CVE-2022-48176

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 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: 2023-01-31 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-787

Description

Netgear routers R7000P before v1.3.3.154, R6900P before v1.3.3.154, R7960P before v1.4.4.94, and R8000P before v1.4.4.94 were discovered to contain a pre-authentication stack overflow.

Affected products

• NETGEAR Mr60 Firmware: before 1.1.7.132 — fixed in 1.1.7.132
• NETGEAR Ms60 Firmware: before 1.1.7.132 — fixed in 1.1.7.132
• NETGEAR R6900P Firmware: before 1.3.3.154 — fixed in 1.3.3.154
• NETGEAR R7000P: before 1.3.3.154 — fixed in 1.3.3.154
• NETGEAR R7960P Firmware: before 1.4.4.94 — fixed in 1.4.4.94
• NETGEAR R8000P Firmware: before 1.4.4.94 — fixed in 1.4.4.94

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: NETGEAR Mr60 Firmware 1.1.7.132; NETGEAR Ms60 Firmware 1.1.7.132; NETGEAR R6900P Firmware 1.3.3.154; NETGEAR R7000P 1.3.3.154; NETGEAR R7960P Firmware 1.4.4.94; NETGEAR R8000P Firmware 1.4.4.94. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://hdwsec.fr/blog/20221109-netgear/
• https://kb.netgear.com/000065242/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-some-Routers-and-Nighthawk-WiFi-Mesh-Systems-PSV-2022-0146
• https://www.netgear.com/about/security/
• https://hdwsec.fr/blog/20221109-netgear/
• https://kb.netgear.com/000065242/Security-Advisory-for-Pre-authentication-Stack-Overflow-on-some-Routers-and-Nighthawk-WiFi-Mesh-Systems-PSV-2022-0146
• https://www.netgear.com/about/security/

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