CVE-2017-18850
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects D6220 before 1.0.0.26, D6400 before 1.0.0.60, D8500 before 1.0.3.29, R6250 before 1.0.4.12, R6400 before 1.01.24, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.30, R6700 before 1.0.1.22, R6900 before 1.0.1.22, R6900P before 1.0.0.56, R7000 before 1.0.9.4, R7000P before 1.0.0.56, R7100LG before 1.0.0.32, R7300DST before 1.0.0.54, R7900 before 1.0.1.18, R8000 before 1.0.3.44, R8300 before 1.0.2.100_1.0.82, and R8500 before 1.0.2.100_1.0.82.
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Authentication bypass in multiple NETGEAR routers allows unauthenticated access to administrative functions.
Vulnerability
An authentication bypass vulnerability affects multiple NETGEAR routers and modem routers, including D6220, D6400, D8500, R6250, R6400, R6400v2, R6700, R6900, R6900P, R7000, R7000P, R7100LG, R7300DST, R7900, R8000, R8300, and R8500, running firmware versions prior to the fixed versions listed in the advisory [1].
Exploitation
Not yet disclosed in the available references.
Impact
Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to bypass authentication and gain unauthorized administrative access to the device.
Mitigation
NETGEAR has released firmware updates to fix this vulnerability. Users should upgrade to the latest firmware for their specific model as indicated in the advisory [1].
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Affected products
4- NETGEAR/D6220description
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
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