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CVE-2018-21140

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.5)—

Certain NETGEAR devices are affected by incorrect configuration of security settings. This affects D3600 before 1.0.0.76 and D6000 before 1.0.0.76.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (2)

Netgear — D3600 FirmwareNetgear — D6000 Firmware

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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