Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by password recovery and file access.

published 2020-04-29 6y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2017-9944

cvss: 9.6; version 3.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.1%; EPSS 1.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 66%
public exploits: 0; none known

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by password recovery and file access. This affects D8500 1.0.3.27 and earlier, DGN2200v4 1.0.0.82 and earlier, R6300v2 1.0.4.06 and earlier, R6400 1.0.1.20 and earlier, R6400v2 1.0.2.18 and earlier, R6700 1.0.1.22 and earlier, R6900 1.0.1.20 and earlier, R7000 1.0.7.10 and earlier, R7000P 1.0.0.58 and earlier, R7100LG 1.0.0.28 and earlier, R7300DST 1.0.0.52 and earlier, R7900 1.0.1.12 and earlier, R8000 1.0.3.46 and earlier, R8300 1.0.2.86 and earlier, R8500 1.0.2.86 and earlier, WNDR3400v3 1.0.1.8 and earlier, and WNDR4500v2 1.0.0.62 and earlier.

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Exploit prediction

1.13% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 66% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.0	9.6	CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:A/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:N/S:C/UI:N
NVD	3.1	6.5	CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA	3.0	9.6	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness

CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

kb.netgear.com /000045848/Security-Advisory-for-Password-Recovery-and-File-Access-on-Some-Routers-and-Modem-Routers-PSV-2017-
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-18853
NVD CVE-2017-18853

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