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Netgear is a publicly traded American networking company with a historically poor security track record, frequently releasing devices with critical and high-severity remote code execution vulnerabilities. Its security posture is defined by repeated buffer overflows and command injection flaws in routers and access points, requiring continuous patching and strict device lifecycle management for defense-industrial-base environments.

Failure events
10
Zero-days
0
RCEs
8
On KEV
8
Critical
2
Worst shame
85
PROFILE
CategorynetworkingWhat they doNetgear is an American communications networking company that manufactures Wi-Fi routers and networking hardware.HQSan Jose, California Websitehttps://www.netgear.com ↗
SECURITY POSTURE

Netgear has a poor security posture characterized by a high frequency of critical and high-severity remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities across its router and access point product lines, often involving unpatched buffer overflows and command injection flaws.

Notable failures
  • CVE-2023-33532 critical RCE in R6250 router
  • CVE-2022-44194 critical buffer overflow in R7000P
  • CVE-2017-6862 high RCE buffer overflow across multiple devices
  • CVE-2016-1555 high RCE in wireless access points
  • CVE-2017-6334 high RCE in DGN2200 devices
  • CVE-2016-6277 high RCE in multiple routers
Patterns: repeated unpatched edge-device RCEs; buffer overflow vulnerabilities in firmware parameters; command injection via web management interfaces; missing access controls on administrative functions
FAILURE HISTORY · 10
DATEEVENTSEVSUMMARY
2022-03-25 CVE-2016-1555 high NETGEAR WAP devices allowed unauthenticated command injection via web forms, enabling arbitrary code execution.
2022-03-07 CVE-2016-6277 high NETGEAR routers allowed unauthenticated remote code execution via form inputs passed directly to the CLI.
2022-03-25 CVE-2016-10174 high NETGEAR WNR2000v5 router buffer overflow allows remote code execution and is actively exploited in the wild.
2022-03-25 CVE-2017-6334 high NETGEAR DGN2200 devices with firmware through 10.0.0.50 allow remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary OS commands via OS command injection in dnslookup.cgi.
2022-09-08 CVE-2017-5521 high NETGEAR devices exposed admin passwords through crafted requests
2022-06-08 CVE-2017-6862 high Netgear devices had a buffer overflow allowing authentication bypass and remote code execution, actively exploited in the wild.
2022-03-07 CVE-2017-6077 high NETGEAR DGN2200 wireless routers suffered a remote code execution vulnerability that was actively exploited in the wild.
2021-11-03 CVE-2020-26919 high Netgear JGS516PE devices lack function-level access controls, allowing unauthorized access to system functions.
2023-06-06 CVE-2023-33532 critical There is a command injection vulnerability in the Netgear R6250 router with Firmware Version 1.0.4.48. If an attacker gains web management privileges, they can inject commands into the post request parameters, thereby gaining shell privileges.
2022-11-22 CVE-2022-44194 critical Netgear R7000P V1.3.0.8 is vulnerable to Buffer Overflow via parameters apmode_dns1_pri and apmode_dns1_sec.
SENTIMENT · TRUSTED SOURCES
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Netgear failed to implement proper access controls, leaving devices vulnerable to unauthorized access and potential exploitation.
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Netgear failed to implement proper access controls, leaving devices vulnerable to unauthorized access and potential exploitation.
"Netgear JGS516PE devices contain a missing function level access control vulnerability."
DOSSIER SOURCES
Open questions: Exact founding year not explicitly stated in provided web evidence · Exact company size (employee count) not provided in web evidence
DOSSIER · dex-RAG synthesis · grounded in our own collection + trusted sourcesbuilt 2026-07-18 04:12:59.487034+00:00