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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-18772

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass.

HIGH 8.8EPSS 0.60%

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 EX3700 before 1.0.0.64, EX3800 before 1.0.0.64, EX6120 before 1.0.0.32, EX6130 before 1.0.0.16, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.12, R6700 before 1.0.1.26, R6900 before 1.0.1.22, R7000 before 1.0.9.6, R7300DST before 1.0.0.52, R7900 before 1.0.1.12, R8000 before 1.0.3.24, R8500 before 1.0.2.74, and WNR2000v2 before 1.2.0.8.

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/ex3700 firmware · netgear/ex3800 firmware · netgear/ex6120 firmware · netgear/ex6130 firmware · netgear/r6300 firmware · netgear/r6700 firmware · netgear/r6900 firmware · netgear/r7000 firmware · netgear/r7300dst firmware · netgear/r7900 firmware · netgear/r8000 firmware · netgear/r8500 firmware · netgear/wnr2000 firmware
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 0.60%27 October 202627 October 2026

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.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.