CVE-2017-6884

What the flaw is

Zyxel EMG2926 routers contain a command injection vulnerability located in the diagnostic tools, specifically the nslookup function. A malicious user may exploit numerous vectors to execute malicious commands on the router, such as the ping_ip parameter to the expert/maintenance/diagnostic/nslookup URI.

Description as published by CISA. We have not independently reproduced it.

What CISA requires

Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.

This deadline is binding on US federal civilian agencies under BOD 22-01. It is not a legal deadline for anyone else, but it is a useful urgency signal — CISA sets it by how actively the flaw is being used, not by CVSS.

Public exploit code

7 public repositories referencing this CVE have been catalogued on GitHub. Treat this as a strong signal to prioritise patching, not as a verified working exploit — many such repositories are scanners, write-ups or forks rather than functional code.

• ARPSyndicate/cvemon
• MiracleAnameke/Cybersecurity-Vulnerability-and-Exposure-Report
• Ostorlab/KEV
• Ostorlab/known_exploited_vulnerbilities_detectors
• duggytuxy/Intelligence_IPv4_Blocklists
• duggytuxy/malicious_ip_addresses
• oxMdee/Cybersecurity-Vulnerability-and-Exposure-Report

Vendor advisories

• www.zyxel.com/global/en/support/security-advisories/zyxel-security-advisory-fo
• www.zyxelguard.com/Zyxel-EOL.asp
• nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-6884

Primary sources

• NVD entry — CVSS score, CPE list and references
• CISA KEV catalog — the source for this page
• CVE Record at cve.org