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Description

An external control of configuration vulnerability in the OpenVPN module of TP-Link AX53 v1.0 allows an authenticated adjacent attacker to read arbitrary file 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.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-03-05 | Published 2026-04-08 | Updated 2026-04-08 | Assigner TPLink




MEDIUM: 6.8CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-15 External control of system or configuration setting

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version before 1.7.1 Build 20260213
affected

Credits

Lilith >_> of Cisco Talos reporter

References

www.tp-link.com/my/support/download/archer-ax53/v1/ patch

www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax53/v1/ patch

talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/ third-party-advisory

www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5055/ vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-30816)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-30816)

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