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High · 8.5 Public exploit CVE-2026-22226 EUVD-2026-5089GHSA-qf7r-j48x-v42x

Command Injection Vulnerability on TP-Link Archer BE230 and AX73

Published Feb 2, 2026 · Updated Jun 25, 2026 · Assigned by TPLink

Vendor: TP-Link Systems Product: Archer AX73 v2 Product: Archer BE230 v1.2 Category: Network devices

Description

A command injection vulnerability may be exploited after the admin's authentication in the VPN server configuration module on TP-Link Archer BE230 v1.2 and Archer AX73 v2. Successful exploitation could allow an attacker to gain full administrative control of the device, resulting in severe compromise of configuration integrity, network security, and service availability.

This CVE covers one of multiple distinct OS command injection issues identified across separate code paths. Although similar in nature, each instance is tracked under a unique CVE ID.

This issue affects Archer BE230 v1.2 < 1.2.4 Build 20251218 rel.70420 and Archer AX73 v2 < 1.3.1
Build 20260430.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
TP-Link Systems Archer BE230 v1.2 < 1.2.4 Build 20251218 rel.70420 1.2.4 Build 20251218 rel.70420
TP Link Systems Archer AX73 v2 < 1.3.1 Build 20260430 1.3.1 Build 20260430

Public exploits

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