What is CVE-2015-8288?

CVE-2015-8288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR D3600. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-06-20.

How severe is CVE-2015-8288?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.

Vulnerability in NETGEAR D3600

CVE-2015-8288

NETGEAR D3600 devices with firmware 1.0.0.49 and D6000 devices with firmware 1.0.0.49 and earlier use the same hardcoded private key across different customers' installations, which allows remote attackers to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms by leveraging knowledge of this key from another installation.

Published 2016-06-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.019 (78.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-01.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · change: 0.000

Affected products

NETGEAR D3600
NETGEAR D3600 Firmware — versions 1.0.0.49
NETGEAR D6000
NETGEAR D6000 Firmware

References

www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/778696 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/30560 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-8288?: CVE-2015-8288 is a medium-severity vulnerability in NETGEAR D3600. CVSS score: 5.9/10. Published 2016-06-20.
How severe is CVE-2015-8288?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.9 out of 10.