CVE-2017-18797 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting several NETGEAR router models (R6400, R7900, R8000, R8500) that allows an unauthenticated attacker to read arbitrary files on the device. This local attack vector has low complexity and can lead to high confidentiality impact, but does not affect integrity or availability. There is no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this CVE are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.1.24CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r6400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.1.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r7900_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.3.54CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r8000_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 1.0.2.100CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:netgear:r8500_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.