CVE-2026-30817

medium

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.

References

https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5055/

https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/

https://blog.talosintelligence.com/tp-link-photoshop-openvpn-norton-vpn-vulnerabilities/

https://www.tp-link.com/my/support/download/archer-ax53/v1/#Firmware

https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax53/v1/#Firmware

https://www.talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/TALOS-2025-2305

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2026-04-08

Updated: 2026-05-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v4

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00015