Critical Vulnerability in TP-Link Archer Products
26 March 2026
TP-Link has released a security advisory addressing multiple vulnerabilities on TP-Link Archer products. Users and administrators of affected products are advised to update to the latest versions immediately.
Background
TP-Link has released a security advisory addressing multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2025-15517, CVE-2025-15518, CVE-2025-15519 and CVE-2025-15605) on TP-Link Archer NX200, NX210, NX500 and NX600 products. The vulnerabilities include authentication bypass and input validation flaws that could allow attackers to gain unauthorised access or execute malicious commands.
Impact
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow:
CVE-2025-15517: An unauthenticated attacker to perform privileged administrative actions via exposed Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) endpoints, which may result in unauthorised firmware uploads and configuration changes.
CVE-2025-15518 & CVE-2025-15519: An authenticated attacker with administrative privileges to execute arbitrary commands on the operating system, impacting the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the device.
CVE-2025-15605: An unauthenticated attacker to decrypt, modify and re-encrypt configuration files, compromising the confidentiality and integrity of device configuration data.
Affected Products
The following products hardware/firmware versions are affected by the vulnerabilities.
Versions prior to TP-Link Archer NX600
v3.0: < 1.3.0 Build 260309
v2.0: < 1.3.0 Build 260311
v1.0: < 1.4.0 Build 260311
Versions prior to TP-Link Archer NX500
v2.0: < 1.5.0 Build 260309
v1.0: < 1.3.0 Build 260311
Versions prior to TP-Link Archer NX210
v3.0: < 1.3.0 Build 260309
v2.0 & v2.20: < 1.3.0 Build 260311
Versions prior to TP-Link Archer NX200
v3.0: < 1.3.0 Build 260309
v2.20: < 1.3.0 Build 260311
v2.0: < 1.3.0 Build 260311
v1.0: < 1.8.0 Build 260311
Recommendations
Users and administrators of affected product versions are advised to update to the latest versions immediately.
References
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5027/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15517
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-15518
