VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-21137

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by a hardcoded password.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 1.44%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.44%). 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 a hardcoded password. This affects D3600 before 1.0.0.76 and D6000 before 1.0.0.76.

CVSS 3.1: 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS: 1.44% probability · 72th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-798
Affected: netgear/d3600 firmware · netgear/d6000 firmware
Source: cve@mitre.org

References

https://kb.netgear.com/000060223/Security-Advisory-for-Hardcoded-Password-on-Some-Modem-Routers-PSV-2018-0099Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000060223/Security-Advisory-for-Hardcoded-Password-on-Some-Modem-Routers-PSV-2018-0099Vendor Advisory

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.