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Vulnerability · CVE-2017-6077

NETGEAR DGN2200 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Published Feb 22, 2017 · catalog updated Jun 16, 2026 · NETGEAR Wireless Router DGN2200

Patch now

CVE-2017-6077 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Sep 7, 2022. Confirm NETGEAR Wireless Router DGN2200 against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Gaps on this record

  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
Severity
Critical9.8
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
68.71%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
cpe netgear/dgn2200 firmware · vendor NETGEAR Wireless Router DGN2200

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.

Are you affected?

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  • cpe netgear/dgn2200 firmwareversion unspecified
  • vendor NETGEAR Wireless Router DGN2200version unspecified

How to fix CVE-2017-6077

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2017-6077 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog, due Sep 7, 2022. Confirm NETGEAR Wireless Router DGN2200 against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Apply updates per vendor instructions.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-78: OS Command Injection. EPSS 68.71%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. A public exploit reference is linked in Sources. That is not the same as confirmed exploitation. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 22, 2017 · Catalog

    Detected

    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.

  2. Mar 7, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  3. Sep 7, 2022 · CISA KEV

    Remediation due

    Apply updates per vendor instructions.

  4. Jun 16, 2026 · Catalog

    Updated

    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.

Sources

  • CISA KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2017-6077

    NETGEAR DGN2200 wireless routers contain a vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.

    cisa.gov
  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2017-6077

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2017-6077

    30-day exploitation probability 68.7%

    first.org
  • Exploit DatabasePublic exploit reference41394

    Public archive entry. The exploit body is not stored here.

    exploit-db.com
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2017-6077

    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.

    nvd.nist.gov
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2017-6077

    NETGEAR DGN2200 wireless routers contain a vulnerability that allows for remote code execution.

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 17, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.