Netgear Nighthawk WiFi6 Router prior 1.0.10.94 File Sharing permission

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Netgear Nighthawk WiFi6 Router and classified as critical. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component File Sharing. This manipulation causes permission. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2023-27851. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Netgear Nighthawk WiFi6 Router (Router Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part of the component File Sharing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-275. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

NETGEAR Nighthawk WiFi6 Router prior to V1.0.10.94 contains a file sharing mechanism that unintentionally allows users with upload permissions to execute arbitrary code on the device.

The weakness was disclosed 03/10/2023. The advisory is shared at tenable.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2023-27851 since 03/06/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1222 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.0.10.94 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2023-31586). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Permission
CWE: CWE-275 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Nighthawk WiFi6 Router 1.0.10.94

Timelineinfo

03/06/2023 🔍
03/10/2023 +4 days 🔍
03/10/2023 +0 days 🔍
11/25/2025 +991 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: netgear.com

Advisory: tenable.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-27851 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-27851
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-222757
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/10/2023 22:09
Updated: 11/25/2025 04:59
Changes: 03/10/2023 22:09 (40), 03/10/2023 22:10 (1), 04/04/2023 08:08 (11), 11/25/2025 04:59 (16)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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