What is CVE-2018-21162?

CVE-2018-21162 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear D6400, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-23.

How severe is CVE-2018-21162?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

RCE in Netgear D6400

CVE-2018-21162

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by command injection by an unauthenticated attacker. This affects D6400 before 1.0.0.78, EX6200 before 1.0.3.86, EX7000 before 1.0.0.64, R6250 before 1.0.4.8, R6300v2 before 1.0.4.6, R6400 before 1.0.1.12, R6700 before 1.0.1.16, R7000 before 1.0.7.10, R7100LG before 1.0.0.42, R7300DST before 1.0.0.44, R7900 before 1.0.1.12, R8000 before 1.0.3.36, R8300 before 1.0.2.74, R8500 before 1.0.2.74, WNDR3400v3 before 1.0.1.14, and WNR3500Lv2 before 1.2.0.48.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.034 (87.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-21162?: CVE-2018-21162 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Netgear D6400, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2020-04-23.
How severe is CVE-2018-21162?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.