Netgear hit by scary bug in routers; yours in list? Know how to update

Netgear recently issued a firmware update that resolves a bug in some of its popular routers, which could pose a security threat for users. The security flaw involves a parental control service provided by Netgear as part of its Small Offices/Home Offices routers, and the company has advised all of its customers with affected devices to update their routers immediately.

The Netgear bug which has been resolved is a flaw that can be leveraged to perform remote code execution (RCE) on an affected device – users can check the list of devices below. Techradar reports that the high severity flaw (which was assigned the ID CVE-2021-40847) has been patched by issuing a fix for the Circle, a third-party component that is used for parental controls in the router’s firmware by Netgear.