Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of administrative credentials.
Priority LOW 34CWE-522Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Information disclosure
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-522.
Summary
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by disclosure of administrative credentials. This affects R6700v2 before 1.1.0.38 and R6800 before 1.1.0.38.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00283 20th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 4
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.1.0.38 | Vulnerable | NETGEAR |
| cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6700:v2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | v2 | Running on | NETGEAR |
| cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | before 1.1.0.38 | Vulnerable | NETGEAR |
| cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | not specified by NVD | Running on | NETGEAR |
- cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6700_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.1.0.38 Vulnerable ·NETGEAR
- cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6700:v2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions v2 Running on ·NETGEAR
- cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6800_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.1.0.38 Vulnerable ·NETGEAR
- cpe:2.3:h:netgear:r6800:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions not specified by NVD Running on ·NETGEAR
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-18845
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-hg9w-6vrm-h78g
References
More NETGEAR R6700 Firmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-05377 NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-08805 Stack-based buffer overflow in NETGEAR R6700 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-08804 Authentication bypass in NETGEAR R6700 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-16567 Netgear D6220 with Firmware Version 1.0.0.80, D8500 with Firmware Version 1.0.3.60, R6700… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2022-10624 Buffer overflow in NETGEAR R6700v3 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-12311 Stack-based buffer overflow in NETGEAR Multiple Routers CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2017-18845 · CVE Program
- CVE-2017-18845 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-hg9w-6vrm-h78g · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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