CVE-2026-5363

Use of weak cryptographic key in TP-Link Archer C7

Published Apr 15, 2026 CVSS 4.0 · 5.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Inadequate Encryption Strength vulnerability in TP-Link Archer C7 v5 and v5.8 (uhttpd modules) allows Password Recovery Exploitation. The web interface encrypts the admin password client-side using RSA-1024 before sending it to the router during login. 
An adjacent attacker with the ability to intercept network traffic could potentially perform a brute-force or factorization attack against the 1024-bit RSA key to recover the plaintext administrator password, leading to unauthorized access and compromise of the device configuration.  This issue affects Archer C7: through Build 20220715.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_c7_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_c7_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Tp-link archer C7 Firmware
CPEs cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:archer_c7:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:archer_c7:5.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_c7_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Tp-link archer C7 Firmware
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Tp-link
Tp-link archer C7
Vendors & Products Tp-link
Tp-link archer C7
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Inadequate Encryption Strength vulnerability in TP-Link Archer C7 v5 and v5.8 (uhttpd modules) allows Password Recovery Exploitation. The web interface encrypts the admin password client-side using RSA-1024 before sending it to the router during login.  An adjacent attacker with the ability to intercept network traffic could potentially perform a brute-force or factorization attack against the 1024-bit RSA key to recover the plaintext administrator password, leading to unauthorized access and compromise of the device configuration.  This issue affects Archer C7: through Build 20220715.
Title Use of weak cryptographic key in TP-Link Archer C7
Weaknesses CWE-326
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 5.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:H/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P'}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
TPLink
Published
Updated
Apr 16, 2026, 11:10 PM
Reserved
Apr 1, 2026, 5:38 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Apr 16, 2026, 12:16 AM
Modified
Oct 26, 2026, 9:10 PM