{"id":"CVE-2026-22226","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-22226","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T00:15:33.497Z","title":"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.","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.\n\n\nThis 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.\n\n\nThis issue affects Archer BE230 v1.2 < 1.2.4 Build 20251218 rel.70420 and Archer AX73 v2 < 1.3.1\nBuild 20260430.","published":"2026-02-02T18:16:15.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T10:19:35.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630","cvss":{"version":"4.0","score":8.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"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/M"},"cwe":["CWE-78"],"affected":["tp-link/archer be230 firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.02501,"percentile":0.84595,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax73/v2/#Firmware","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-be230/v1.20/#Firmware","tags":["Product"],"source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/sg/support/download/archer-be230/v1.20/#Firmware","tags":["Product"],"source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-ax73/v2/#Firmware","source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-be230/v1.20/#Firmware","tags":["Product"],"source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"},{"url":"https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/4935/","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-22226","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."}