{"id":"CVE-2026-12001","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-12001","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T07:05:21.530Z","title":"A hardcoded credential vulnerability exists in the firmware of multiple TP-Link routers (TL-WR845N v4, TL-WR850N v3, TL-WR902AC v4, Archer C20 v6 & Archer MR200 v5).","description":"A hardcoded credential\nvulnerability exists in the firmware of multiple TP-Link routers (TL-WR845N v4, TL-WR850N v3, TL-WR902AC v4, Archer C20 v6 & Archer MR200 v5).  Authentication-related credential material is\nembedded within a password file in the firmware image and may be recovered\nthrough firmware analysis.\n\n\n\n\n\nSuccessful\nexploitation could result in unauthorized access to privileged functions on\naffected devices.","published":"2026-07-27T21:16:47.000Z","lastModified":"2026-08-11T21:17:25.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":5.2,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M"},"cwe":["CWE-798"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00343,"percentile":0.27657,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-c20/v6/#Firmware","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-mr200/v5/#Firmware","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tl-wr845n/#Firmware","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tl-wr902ac/v4/#Firmware","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/in/support/download/archer-c20/v6/#Firmware","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/in/support/download/archer-mr200/v5/#Firmware","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/in/support/download/tl-wr845n/#Firmware","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/in/support/download/tl-wr850n/#Firmware","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-c20/v6/#Firmware","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tl-wr902ac/v4/#Firmware","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5210/","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-12001","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}