CVE-2017-6077
Critical 9.8 Exploited in the wild (KEV)
Confirmed active exploitation — CISA KEV catalog
- Name
- NETGEAR DGN2200 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Added to catalog
- Remediation due date (US federal)
- Required action
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.
Description
ping.cgi on NETGEAR DGN2200 devices with firmware through 10.0.0.50 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell metacharacters in the ping_IPAddr field of an HTTP POST request.
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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9.8 (CRITICAL)
Score source: NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 69% (percentile: 99) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-78
Affected products
netgear: dgn2200 firmware; netgear: dgn2200
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41394/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41394/ ExploitThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96408 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96408 Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2017… US Government Resource