CVE-2017-18733
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.60%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects D6220 before 1.0.0.28, D6400 before 1.0.0.60, D8500 before 1.0.3.29, R6250 before 1.0.4.8, R6400 before 1.0.1.22, R6400v2 before 1.0.2.32, R7100LG before 1.0.0.32, R7300DST before 1.0.0.52, R8300 before 1.0.2.94, and R8500 before 1.0.2.100.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.60% probability · 49th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- netgear/d6220 firmware · netgear/d6400 firmware · netgear/d8500 firmware · netgear/r6250 firmware · netgear/r6400 firmware · netgear/r7100lg firmware · netgear/r7300dst firmware · netgear/r8300 firmware · netgear/r8500 firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 0.6% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.