CVE-2017-6077
NETGEAR DGN2200 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
- Critical 9.8
- Exploited: added to CISA KEV 7 Mar 2022
- A public exploit reference is listed
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.
Key facts
- Published
- 22 Feb 2017
- Last changed
- 21 Oct 2025
- Assigned by
- mitre
- KEV added
- 7 Mar 2022
- KEV fix due
- 7 Sep 2022
- EPSS
- 68.712% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 99.355% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
- SSVC (CISA)
- Exploitation: active; Automatable: yes; Technical impact: total
Severity scores
Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.
- 9.8CVSS 3.1, Criticalfrom CISA (ADP container)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
What to do
- Apply updates per vendor instructions.CISA KEV required action
Historical context and remediation
This reference retains the original CVE publication date. A recent record update does not mean a new attack occurred.
No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.
Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
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Timeline
- 22 Feb 2017 Published
- 7 Mar 2022 CVE-2017-6077 added to CISA KEV
- 7 Mar 2022 Added to the CISA KEV catalogue
Weakness
Practice this bug class
HackZoneLabs has a hands-on lab on OS command injection (CWE-78).