CVE-2016-6277
Published 2016-12-14 · Updated 2026-06-17 · Source cve@mitre.org
Summary
CVE-2016-6277 is a high-severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in NETGEAR Multiple Routers. CISA added it to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on March 7, 2022, which means exploitation in the wild has been confirmed; US federal agencies had to remediate it by September 7, 2022. CISA does not currently list it as used in ransomware campaigns. NETGEAR has 8 vulnerabilities in the KEV catalog, 0 of them linked to ransomware.
All 8 known-exploited NETGEAR vulnerabilities →Description
NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before 1.0.0.28.Beta, R7300DST before 1.0.0.46.Beta, R7900 before 1.0.1.8.Beta, R8000 before 1.0.3.26.Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000, and possibly other routers allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path info to cgi-bin/.
CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA Known-Exploited Vulnerability
Product: NETGEAR — Multiple Routers
Name: NETGEAR Multiple Routers Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
Date added: 2022-03-07 · Due: 2022-09-07
Required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.
References
- http://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155712/Netgear-R6400-Remote-Code-Execution.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94819
- http://www.sj-vs.net/a-temporary-fix-for-cert-vu582384-cwe-77-on-netgear-r7000-and-r6400-routers/
- https://kalypto.org/research/netgear-vulnerability-expanded/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40889/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41598/
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582384

