CVE-2023-38097: NETGEAR Prosafe Network Management System

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 2.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System BkreProcessThread Exposed Dangerous Function Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of NETGEAR ProSAFE Network Management System. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed. The specific flaw exists within the BkreProcessThread class. The issue results from an exposed dangerous function. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of SYSTEM. . Was ZDI-CAN-19719.

Affected products

• NETGEAR Prosafe Network Management System: before 1.7.0.20 (fixed in 1.7.0.20)

Published 2024-05-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.