{
    "id": "CVE-2016-6277",
    "published": "2016-12-14 16:59:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 00:50:44",
    "cvss_score": "8.8",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "3.1",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "CWE-352",
    "description": "NETGEAR R6250 before 1.0.4.6.Beta, R6400 before 1.0.1.18.Beta, R6700 before 1.0.1.14.Beta, R6900, R7000 before 1.0.7.6.Beta, R7100LG before 1.0.0.28.Beta, R7300DST before 1.0.0.46.Beta, R7900 before 1.0.1.8.Beta, R8000 before 1.0.3.26.Beta, D6220, D6400, D7000, and possibly other routers allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the path info to cgi-bin/.",
    "epss_score": "0.99803",
    "epss_percentile": "0.99957",
    "kev": 1,
    "kev_due": "2022-09-07",
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-26 18:20:50",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 1,
        "label": "Patch first",
        "why": "On CISA KEV — known exploited in the wild, due 2022-09-07."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "d6220"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "d6220_firmware"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "d6400"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "d6400_firmware"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r6250"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r6250_firmware"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r6400"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r6400_firmware"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r6700"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r6700_firmware"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r6900"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r6900_firmware"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r7000"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r7000_firmware"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r7100lg"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r7100lg_firmware"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r7300dst"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r7300dst_firmware"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r7900"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r7900_firmware"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r8000"
        },
        {
            "vendor": "netgear",
            "product": "r8000_firmware"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": {
        "cve_id": "CVE-2016-6277",
        "date_added": "2022-03-07",
        "due_date": "2022-09-07",
        "vendor": "NETGEAR",
        "product": "Multiple Routers",
        "name": "NETGEAR Multiple Routers Remote Code Execution Vulnerability",
        "ransomware": 0
    },
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "41598",
            "title": "Netgear R7000 / R6400 - 'cgi-bin' Command Injection (Metasploit)",
            "date": "2017-03-13",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41598"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "40889",
            "title": "Netgear R7000 - Command Injection",
            "date": "2016-12-07",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40889"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155712/Netgear-R6400-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94819",
        "http://www.sj-vs.net/a-temporary-fix-for-cert-vu582384-cwe-77-on-netgear-r7000-and-r6400-routers/",
        "https://kalypto.org/research/netgear-vulnerability-expanded/",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40889/",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41598/",
        "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582384",
        "http://kb.netgear.com/000036386/CVE-2016-582384",
        "http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/155712/Netgear-R6400-Remote-Code-Execution.html",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94819",
        "http://www.sj-vs.net/a-temporary-fix-for-cert-vu582384-cwe-77-on-netgear-r7000-and-r6400-routers/",
        "https://kalypto.org/research/netgear-vulnerability-expanded/",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40889/",
        "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41598/",
        "https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/582384",
        "https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2016-6277"
    ]
}