CVE-2026-30817
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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.34%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 4.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/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
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 28th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-15, CWE-610
- Affected
- tp-link/archer ax53 firmware
- Source
- f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630
References
- https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax53/v1/#FirmwareProduct
- https://www.tp-link.com/my/support/download/archer-ax53/v1/#FirmwareProduct
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5055/Vendor Advisory
- https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2305
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.