CVE-2026-22226Command Injection Vulnerability on TP-Link Archer BE230 and AX73
- 8.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.5%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 15% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A command injection vulnerability may be exploited after the admin's authentication in the VPN server configuration module on TP-Link Archer BE230 v1.2 and Archer AX73 v2. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain full administrative control of the device, resulting in severe compromise of configuration integrity, network security, and service availability. This CVE covers one of multiple distinct OS command injection issues identified across separate code paths. Although similar in nature, each instance is tracked under a unique CVE ID. This issue affects Archer BE230 v1.2 < 1.2.4 Build 20251218 rel.70420 and Archer AX73 v2 < 1.3.1 Build 20260430.
Timeline
ID reserved
By TPLink
- 27 days later
· 27 days later
Published
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| TPLinkCNA (assigner) | 4.0 | High8.5 | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 4.0 | High8.5 | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.5% · top 15% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.5.
Affected products
TP-Link Systems Inc. · Archer BE230 v1.2
- affected < 1.2.4 Build 20251218 rel.70420
TP Link Systems Inc. · Archer AX73 v2
- affected < 1.3.1 Build 20260430
References
References6
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-be230/v1.20/#Firmware (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-be230/v1.20/#Firmware (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://www.tp-link.com/sg/support/download/archer-be230/v1.20/#Firmware (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/4935/ (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-ax73/v2/#Firmware (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax73/v2/#Firmware (opens in a new tab)patch
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2026-5089 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2026-22226)Record last updated .