- 8.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 10% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
An OS command injection vulnerability exists in the VPN module of TP-Link Archer AX12 v1, AX17 v1. AX18 v1, and AX1300 v1.6 routers. This vulnerability allows an adjacent, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device by importing a specially crafted VPN client configuration file. The issue stems from improper filtering of special characters. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may enable an attacker to gain full control of the affected device, potentially compromising configuration integrity, network security, and service availability.
Timeline
ID reserved
By TPLink
- 21 days later
· 21 days later
Published
- 1 day later
· 1 day 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 · Deferred | 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)
- 3.8% · top 10% of all CVEs (10 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 AX12 V1
- affected < V1_1.5.0 Build 20260605
TP-Link Systems Inc. · Archer AX18 v1
- affected < V1_1.5.0 Build 20260605
TP Link Systems Inc. · Archer AX17 v1
- affected < V1_1.5.0 Build 20260605
TP-Link Systems Inc. · Archer AX1300 v1.6
- affected < V1_1.5.0 Build 20260605
References
5
- https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax17/#Firmware (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax12/#Firmware (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax18/#Firmware (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-ax1300/#Firmware (opens in a new tab)patch
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5125/ (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisory
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-2026-36078 (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-2026-9151)Record last updated .