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Vulnerability record · CVE-2017-18862 · published 28 April 2020

CVE-2017-18862: Netgear jgs516pe firmware improper authentication vulnerability

Netgear · Jgs516pe Firmware

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects JGS516PE before 2017-05-11, JGS524Ev2 before 2017-05-11, JGS524PE before 2017-05-11, GS105Ev2 before 2017-05-11, GS105PE before 2017-05-11, GS108Ev3 before 2017-05-11, GS108PEv3 before 2017-05-11, GS116Ev2 before 2017-05-11, GSS108E before 2017-05-11, GSS116E before 2017-05-11, XS708Ev2 before 2017-05-11, and XS716E before 2017-05-11.

6.5 CVSS 3.1 Medium EPSS 0.52% · top 57.5% CWE-287 · Improper authentication
6.5CVSS 3.1 base score, v2 3.3
0.52%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
12Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by authentication bypass. This affects JGS516PE before 2017-05-11, JGS524Ev2 before 2017-05-11, JGS524PE before 2017-05-11, GS105Ev2 before 2017-05-11, GS105PE before 2017-05-11, GS108Ev3 before 2017-05-11, GS108PEv3 before 2017-05-11, GS116Ev2 before 2017-05-11, GSS108E before 2017-05-11, GSS116E before 2017-05-11, XS708Ev2 before 2017-05-11, and XS716E before 2017-05-11.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
https://kb.netgear.com/000037849/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-ProSAFE-Web-Managed-Switches-PSV-2015-00 Vendor Advisory
https://kb.netgear.com/000037849/Security-Advisory-for-Authentication-Bypass-on-ProSAFE-Web-Managed-Switches-PSV-2015-00 Vendor Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2017-18862), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-10-09). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.