FKIE_CVE-2026-30817

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2026-04-08 19:25 - Updated: 2026-04-14 16:19
Severity ?
5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
An external configuration control vulnerability in the OpenVPN module of TP-Link AX53 v1.0 allows an authenticated adjacent attacker to read arbitrary files when a malicious configuration file is processed. Successful exploitation may allow unauthorized access to arbitrary files on the device, potentially exposing sensitive information.This issue affects AX53 v1.0: before 1.7.1 Build 20260213.
References
f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/Third Party Advisory
f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax53/v1/#FirmwareProduct
f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630https://www.tp-link.com/my/support/download/archer-ax53/v1/#FirmwareProduct
f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5055/Vendor Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
tp-link archer_ax53_firmware *
tp-link archer_ax53 1.0
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