CVE-2026-30817: TP-Link Archer AX53 Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 5.7. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• TP-Link Archer AX53 Firmware: before 1.7.1 (fixed in 1.7.1)

Published 2026-04-08. Last modified 2026-07-25.