NETGEAR — known exploited vulnerabilities
The CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog (KEV) lists vulnerabilities that CISA has confirmed are being exploited in the wild; U.S. federal civilian agencies are required to remediate each entry by its due date. This page joins the KEV entries for NETGEAR with NVD CVSS scores and CISA's ransomware-campaign flag. See our methodology or browse all CVEs.
Key findings
CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog lists 8 NETGEAR vulnerabilities confirmed as exploited in the wild across 7 products; none are currently flagged as used in known ransomware campaigns. Multiple Devices is the most-affected product, with 2 entries (25% of the total). CISA added 7 entries in 2022, compared with 1 in 2021. Across the 8 entries with an NVD CVSS score (100% of the total), the average score is 9.3; 5 entries are rated critical by NVD. The most recent addition is CVE-2017-5521 (NETGEAR Multiple Devices Exposure of Sensitive Information Vulnerability), added on 2022-09-08.
Affected products
| Product | Entries | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Multiple Devices | 2 | 25% |
| DGN2200 Devices | 1 | 13% |
| Wireless Access Point (WAP) Devices | 1 | 13% |
| WNR2000v5 Router | 1 | 13% |
| Wireless Router DGN2200 | 1 | 13% |
| Multiple Routers | 1 | 13% |
| JGS516PE Devices | 1 | 13% |
Entries added per year
By date added to the KEV catalog
Exploited NETGEAR vulnerabilities (8)
Newest first. CVSS scores from NVD where available.
| CVE | Product | Vulnerability | Date added | Ransomware | CVSS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2017-5521 | Multiple Devices | NETGEAR Multiple Devices Exposure of Sensitive Information Vulnerability | 2022-09-08 | — | HIGH8.1 |
| CVE-2017-6862 | Multiple Devices | NETGEAR Multiple Devices Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | 2022-06-08 | — | CRITICAL9.8 |
| CVE-2017-6334 | DGN2200 Devices | NETGEAR DGN2200 Devices OS Command Injection Vulnerability | 2022-03-25 | — | HIGH8.8 |
| CVE-2016-1555 | Wireless Access Point (WAP) Devices | NETGEAR Multiple WAP Devices Command Injection Vulnerability | 2022-03-25 | — | CRITICAL9.8 |
| CVE-2016-10174 | WNR2000v5 Router | NETGEAR WNR2000v5 Router Buffer Overflow Vulnerability | 2022-03-25 | — | CRITICAL9.8 |
| CVE-2017-6077 | Wireless Router DGN2200 | NETGEAR DGN2200 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | 2022-03-07 | — | CRITICAL9.8 |
| CVE-2016-6277 | Multiple Routers | NETGEAR Multiple Routers Remote Code Execution Vulnerability | 2022-03-07 | — | HIGH8.8 |
| CVE-2020-26919 | JGS516PE Devices | Netgear JGS516PE Devices Missing Function Level Access Control Vulnerability | 2021-11-03 | — | CRITICAL9.8 |
Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, joined with NIST NVD CVSS data. Vendor names are normalized across spellings. Compare all vendors.

