A new vulnerability has been discovered in all Netgear Routers and Modems, which could let a hacker gain control of a network and install a botnet, or even gain control of an entire network.
The issue has already been submitted to the U.S. government’s National Vulnerability Database, and acknowledged by Netgear, which has put up a list of exposed models. The company has also issued updated firmware which should close the vulnerability, but only on some devices.
The full list of patched hardware includes:
- R8500
- R8300
- R7000
- R6400
- R7300DST
- R7100LG
- R6300v2
- WNDR3400v3
- WNR3500Lv2
- R6250
- R6700
- R6900
- R8000
- R7900
- WNDR4500v2
- R6200v2
- WNDR3400v2
- D6220
- D6400
- C6300
(available via ISPs)
Still unpatched are the following routers and DSL gateways:
- R6200
- R6300
- VEGN2610
- AC1450
- WNR1000v3
- WNDR3700v3
- WNDR4000
- WNDR4500
- D6300
- D6300B
- DGN200Bv4
- DGN2200v4
For some routers, Netgear is asking customers to manually enable password recovery, disable remote management until a fix can be developed and be made available to customers.
For more information, go to the Netgear Support page.
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