CVE-2026-30816

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.

References

• https://talosintelligence.com/vulnerability_reports/
• https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-ax53/v1/#Firmware
• https://www.tp-link.com/my/support/download/archer-ax53/v1/#Firmware
• https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5055/