CVE-2017-18796
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.24,...
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.24, R6700 before 1.0.1.26, R6900 before 1.0.1.28, R7000 before 1.0.9.10, R7000P before 1.0.1.16, R6900P before 1.0.1.16, and R7800 before 1.0.2.36.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.24, R6700 before 1.0.1.26, R6900 before 1.0.1.28, R7000 before 1.0.9.10, R7000P before 1.0.1.16, R6900P before 1.0.1.16, and R7800 before 1.0.2.36.
- Record
CVE-2017-18796- CVSS 3.0
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-9887
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.24, R6700 before 1.0.1.26, R6900 before 1.0.1.28, R7000 before 1.0.9.10, R7000P before 1.0.1.16, R6900P before 1.0.1.16, and R7800 before 1.0.2.36.
- Record
EUVD-2017-9887- CVSS 3.0
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AC:L/AV:L/A:H/C:H/I:H/PR:H/S:U/UI:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-37qc-g79h-4wcg No score
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.24,...
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.24, R6700 before 1.0.1.26, R6900 before 1.0.1.28, R7000 before 1.0.9.10, R7000P before 1.0.1.16, R6900P before 1.0.1.16, and R7800 before 1.0.2.36.
- Record
GHSA-37qc-g79h-4wcg- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection. This affects R6400 before 1.0.1.24, R6700 before 1.0.1.26, R6900 before 1.0.1.28, R7000 before 1.0.9.10, R7000P before 1.0.1.16, R6900P before 1.0.1.16, and R7800 before 1.0.2.36.
- Record
CVE-2017-18796- CVSS 3.1
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 3.0
- 6.7 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 Medium
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-74
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | ||
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-18796 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) in Netgear R6400 Firmware, published April 21, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.56%, the 46th percentile. No source names a fixed version.