01 Record
CVE-2026-89052
Hardcoded AES encryption key in Archer C6
MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: TPLink
CNA base score5.9 CVSS v4.0CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
02 Description
Hardcoded AES encryption key in Archer C6
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.23% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 14.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.9 (CVSS v4.0), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/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 2026-10-22.
- 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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2026-10-21 22:40Z7 DAYS AGO
- Last updated
- 2026-10-21 22:40Z7 DAYS AGO
- Reserved
- 2026-09-10
- Assigning CNA
- TPLink
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 5.9)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-321Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic KeyVariant
- Data version
- 5.2
- Document digest
- 1bbb9702995a865d86f1e35acdfa384ee4489379a527b4473292c760d31e2dbd
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.tp-link.comhttps://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/archer-c6/v2/#Firmware
- www.tp-link.comhttps://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5356/