New vulnerability found in Netgear Routers and Modems

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A new vulnerability has been discovered in all Netgear Routers and Modems, which could let a hacker gain control of a network and install a botnet, or even gain control of an entire network.

The issue has already been submitted to the U.S. government’s National Vulnerability Database, and acknowledged by Netgear, which has put up a list of exposed models. The company has also issued updated firmware which should close the vulnerability, but only on some devices.

The full list of patched hardware includes:

R8500
R8300
R7000
R6400
R7300DST
R7100LG
R6300v2
WNDR3400v3
WNR3500Lv2
R6250
R6700
R6900
R8000
R7900
WNDR4500v2
R6200v2
WNDR3400v2
D6220
D6400
C6300

(available via ISPs)

Still unpatched are the following routers and DSL gateways:

R6200
R6300
VEGN2610
AC1450
WNR1000v3
WNDR3700v3
WNDR4000
WNDR4500
D6300
D6300B
DGN200Bv4
DGN2200v4

For some routers, Netgear is asking customers to manually enable password recovery, disable remote management until a fix can be developed and be made available to customers.

For more information, go to the Netgear Support page.