CVE-2026-9151: high-severity vulnerability in TP Link Systems Inc. Archer AX17 v1
Command Injection Vulnerability in OpenVPN on Multiple TP-Link Archer Routers
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21Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.
ssvc Trackcvss 8.5epss 3.8%
An OS
command injection vulnerability exists in the VPN module of TP-Link Archer AX12
v1, AX17 v1. AX18 v1, and AX1300 v1.6 routers. This vulnerability allows an
adjacent, authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands on the device by
importing a specially crafted VPN client configuration file. The issue stems
from improper filtering of special characters.
Successful
exploitation of this vulnerability may enable an attacker to gain full control
of the affected device, potentially compromising configuration integrity,
network security, and service availability.
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
Affected products
TP Link Systems Inc. · Archer AX17 v1TP-Link Systems Inc. · Archer AX12 V1TP-Link Systems Inc. · Archer AX1300 v1.6TP-Link Systems Inc. · Archer AX18 v1References
https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax12/#Firmwarehttps://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax17/#Firmwarehttps://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax18/#Firmwarehttps://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-ax1300/#Firmwarehttps://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5125/