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R8000 Security Vulnerability: VU#582384 but I have a 7900
I have a Nighthawk X6 R7900 and received an email from NetGear about updating the firmware but the email only mentioned the R8000. I understand the 7900 and 8000 are similar but not sure if I am als...
Please see the Security Advisory
The fix for the R7900 is in the R7900 beta firmware, so to get the fix you would need to update to that.
We already have an existing thread on this: https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Two-leading-Netgear-routers-are-vulnerable-to-a-severe-security/m-p/1185124#U1185124
Please continue the discussion there.
I received the same email too and done some lookup. Here's the link to the R7900 patch. It is in Beta though.
http://kb.netgear.com/000036459/R7900-Firmware-Version-1-0-1-8-Beta