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CVE-2016-6277 — NETGEAR Multiple Routers Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before 1.0.0.28.Beta, R7300DST before 1.0.0.46.Beta, R7900 before 1.0.1.8.Beta, R8000 before 1.0.3.26.Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000, and possibly other

CVSS
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EPSS
94.30% (top 0.10%)
CWE
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Published
2016-12-14T16:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2025-10-21T23:55:47.695Z
CVSS vector
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CISA KEV — Actively Exploited
Added to KEV
2022-03-07
BOD 22-01 due
2022-09-07
Ransomware use
Unknown
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01What is this vulnerability?

NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before 1.0.0.28.Beta, R7300DST before 1.0.0.46.Beta, R7900 before 1.0.1.8.Beta, R8000 before 1.0.3.26.Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000, and possibly other routers allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path info to cgi-bin/.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
na / n/an/a

03Active exploitation status

Yes — actively exploited. Added to the CISA KEV catalog on 2022-03-07. Ransomware use: Unknown.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

CVE-2016-582384
Cited in vendor advisory

08Timeline

09References

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