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NETGEAR security incident history

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As of Oct 26, 2026, Vendor History found 8 actively exploited security flaws for NETGEAR, dated Nov 3, 2021 to Sep 8, 2022. Sources checked: the California and Washington Attorney General breach lists, SEC EDGAR (Form 8-K, Item 1.05) and CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Breach notices and SEC cyber filings

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Actively exploited security flaws

Flaws in NETGEAR products that CISA lists as exploited by attackers. If you use an affected product, check that it's updated. What a listing means.

  1. Exploited flaw

    NETGEAR Multiple Devices Exposure of Sensitive Information Vulnerability (CVE-2017-5521). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.

    Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  2. Exploited flaw

    NETGEAR Multiple Devices Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6862). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.

    Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  3. Exploited flaw

    NETGEAR WNR2000v5 Router Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (CVE-2016-10174). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.

    Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  4. Exploited flaw

    NETGEAR Multiple WAP Devices Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2016-1555). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.

    Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  5. Exploited flaw

    NETGEAR DGN2200 Devices OS Command Injection Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6334). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.

    Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  6. Exploited flaw

    NETGEAR Multiple Routers Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2016-6277). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.

    Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  7. Exploited flaw

    NETGEAR DGN2200 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2017-6077). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.

    Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

  8. Exploited flaw

    Netgear JGS516PE Devices Missing Function Level Access Control Vulnerability (CVE-2020-26919). Added to CISA's list of security flaws known to be exploited by attackers.

    Source: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog

We check: California and Washington Attorney General breach notices, SEC cyber incident filings (Form 8-K, Item 1.05) and CISA's catalog of actively exploited security flaws. An empty section means we found nothing in those sources. It does not mean nothing happened. How it works

To cite: Vendor History, "NETGEAR security incident history," vendorhistory.com/vendor/netgear, data checked Oct 26, 2026. Free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 with credit to Vendor History.