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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-18766 · published 22 April 2020

CVE-2017-18766: Netgear dst6501 firmware information exposure vulnerability

Netgear · Dst6501 Firmware

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by an attacker's ability to read arbitrary files. This affects DST6501 before 1.1.0.6 and WNR2000v2 before 1.2.0.8.

6.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.53% · top 56.8% CWE-200 · Information exposure
6.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 3.3
0.53%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
2Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by an attacker's ability to read arbitrary files. This affects DST6501 before 1.1.0.6 and WNR2000v2 before 1.2.0.8.

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected products

2 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://kb.netgear.com/000051479/Security-Advisory-for-Arbitrary-File-Read-on-DST6501-and-WNR2000v2-PSV-2017-0425 Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000051479/Security-Advisory-for-Arbitrary-File-Read-on-DST6501-and-WNR2000v2-PSV-2017-0425 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-18766), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-13). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.