MEDIUM
Hardcoded DES Decryption Keys in TP-Link Archer C50 V3/V4/V5 and C20 V5
Published Jul 16, 2025
6.9
MEDIUMCVSS 4.0
EPSS 0.28%
Description
Use of Hard-coded Credentials in TP-Link Archer C50 V3(
<=
180703)/V4(
<=
250117
)/V5(
<=
200407
), and C20 V5 (<US_V5_260419 or <EU_V5_260317) allows attackers to decrypt the config.xml files.
Affected products
-
- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<EU_V5_260317
- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<US_V5_260419
- Version
-
- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<=180703
- Version
-
- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<=250117
- Version
-
- Version 0StatusaffectedConstraints<=200407
- Version
Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).
| Vendor | Product | Default status | Versions | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TP-Link Systems Inc. | Archer C20 V5 | unaffected |
| |||||||||
| TP-Link Systems Inc. | Archer C50 V3 | unaffected |
| |||||||||
| TP-Link Systems Inc. | Archer C50 V4 | unaffected |
| |||||||||
| TP-Link Systems Inc. | Archer C50 V5 | unaffected |
|
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Weaknesses (1)
References (5)
- https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2025-21738 Advisory
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/554637
- https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-c20/v5/#Firmware patch
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-c20/v5/#Firmware patch
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/4538/ vendor-advisory
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner TPLink
Published Jul 16, 2025
Updated Apr 22, 2026
Reserved Jul 1, 2025
Link CVE-2025-6982
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Jul 18, 2025
ENISA EUVD
EUVD-2025-21738 Assigner TPLink
Published Jul 16, 2025
Updated Apr 22, 2026
Exploited since n/a
Link EUVD-2025-21738