CVE-2026-8618

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.26% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 17.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.7 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-01.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2026-10-01 18:16Z27 DAYS AGO

Last updated

2026-10-01 18:36Z27 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2026-05-14

Assigning CNA

TPLink

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.7)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

Weaknesses

• CWE-121Stack-based Buffer OverflowVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

d59c4d480b54f849546201c9455e508954cc395e436aac7c582b66a8c782c81c

• www.tp-link.comhttps://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/deco-m9-plus/v2/#Firmwarepatch
• www.tp-link.comhttps://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/deco-m9-plus/v2/#Firmwarepatch
• www.tp-link.comhttps://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5322/vendor-advisory