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Dec 11, 2016

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The last straw: new vulnerability for R7000 R6400 R8000

Well, this is pretty much the last straw for me. I knew it was only a matter of time considering all of the broken promises, the messages of "coming soon", and flat out abondonment of your products N...

security vulnerability

Troubleshooting

VU 582384

ElaineM
Dec 14, 2016
Hi All,

The Security Advisory for VU 582384 has been updated.

Also, for more information see the link below.

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Two-leading-Netgear-routers-are-vulnerable-to-a-severe-security/m-p/1186149/highlight/true#M44242

cetheridge30

Star

Dec 13, 2016

One additional note: I still support an ASUS RT-66U and a 68U for my parents and extended family. I bought into the R8000 because of the need to cover a lot of area without extenders and bought into its "performance", however. The 66U is over 3 years old and it STILL gets regular updates every few months with its latest update being from October.

ElaineM

NETGEAR Employee Retired

Dec 14, 2016

Hi All,

The Security Advisory for VU 582384 has been updated.

Also, for more information see the link below.

https://community.netgear.com/t5/Nighthawk-WiFi-Routers/Two-leading-Netgear-routers-are-vulnerable-to-a-severe-security/m-p/1186149/highlight/true#M44242