CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2017-18777 — Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by administrative password disclosure

High CVSS 8.4

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by administrative password disclosure. This affects D6220 before V1.0.0.28, D6400 before V1.0.0.60, D8500 before V1.0.3.29, DGN2200v4 before 1.0.0.82, DGN2200Bv4 before 1.0.0.82, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.8, R6400 before 1.0.1.20, R6700 before 1.0.1.20, R6900 before 1.0.1.20, R7000 before 1.0.7.10, R7100LG before V1.0.0.32, R7300DST before 1.0.0.52, R7900 before 1.0.1.16, R8000 before 1.0.3.36, R8300 before 1.0.2.94, R8500 before 1.0.2.94, WNDR3400v3 before 1.0.1.12, and WNR3500Lv2 before 1.2.0.40.

Severity
High
CVSS
8.4 (3.0)
Published
2020-04-22
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-522

Affected products

  • netgear / d6220_firmware
  • netgear / d6400_firmware
  • netgear / d8500_firmware
  • netgear / dgn2200_firmware
  • netgear / dgn2200b_firmware
  • netgear / r6300_firmware

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

Complete CVE record and remediation plan

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