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CVE-2016-6277

Exploitation confirmed. First attested on 2022-03-07 by CISA-ADP, CISA KEV, GCVE · kevintel, GCVE · shadowserver.

  • Published2016-12-14
  • WeaknessCWE-352

Am I affected?

With a domain, we read the version its public headers and pages expose. A distribution build can carry the fix under an older number.

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/.

Timeline

dates in UTC
  1. 2016-12-1416:59CVE publishedNVD
  2. 2022-03-07Added to the CISA KEV catalogCISA KEV
  3. 2022-03-07Listed as exploited by GCVEGCVE
  4. 2022-03-07Exploitation first reportedCISA KEV
  5. 2025-02-0420:58SSVC exploitation set to activeCISA-ADP
  6. 2026-10-2319:23EPSS crossed 10 %FIRST EPSS

Observed activity

isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 21:37 UTC
Indicators tagged with this CVE, per day0 indicators over 7 days
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  • Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-6277?format=txt
  • CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2016-6277?format=csv
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Versions per branch

NVD
Netgear d6220 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.0≤ 1.0.0.22no fix published
Netgear d6400 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.0≤ 1.0.0.56no fix published
Netgear r6250 firmwareversion to verify
BranchAffectedFixed in
1.0≤ 1.0.4.6_10.1.12no fix published

8 more products in the sources.

as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.

Fix

  1. CISA’s required action: Apply updates per vendor instructions.due 2022-09-07

Advisories and patches

Detection

Nuclei template
none so far
ProjectDiscovery
Exploit-DB
no entry
Exploit-DB
Proof-of-concept repositories
none listed
PoC-in-GitHub

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability

Date Added
2022-03-07
Patch Due Date
2022-09-07
Ransomware Use
Unknown
Required Action
Apply updates per vendor instructions.

Sources

  • CISA KEVKEV entry2022-03-07
  • GCVEexploitation2022-03-07
  • CISA-ADPSSVC decisionactive2025-02-04
  • OpenCVESSVC decisionactive—
  • CISA-ADPCVSS 3.18.82025-02-04
  • NVDCVSS 3.18.8read 2026-10-23
  • NVDCVSS 2.09.3read 2026-10-23
  • CISA-ADPweakness (CWE)CWE-3522025-02-04
  • NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-352read 2026-10-23
  • FIRST EPSSEPSS score99.8 %read 2026-10-23

Technical details

CVSS v3 Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Published
2016-12-14
Last Modified
2026-06-17
NVD status
Analyzed

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6277?

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/.

Is CVE-2016-6277 actively exploited?

Yes. CVE-2016-6277 is on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, meaning it has been confirmed as actively exploited in the wild. CISA requires federal agencies to patch by 2022-09-07.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2016-6277?

CVE-2016-6277 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (HIGH severity), with vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

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