CYBERSECURITY EXPERTS found three vulnerabilities in Netgear’s smart switches that could be exploited to take control of the devices. Discovered by security researcher Gynvael Coldwind, Netgear has plugged the vulnerabilities and urged users to apply patches immediately.
According to BleepingComputer, while most of the affected devices are smart switches, some of them include cloud management capabilities and can be monitored and configured over the internet. Although Netgear’s advisory note doesn’t include technical details, Coldwind has shared details about the attack vectors of two of the vulnerabilities and listed the scenarios in which affected devices can be exploited to hand over control to attackers.