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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
TP-Link Systems Inc.Archer C6 V20 to < 1.2.1 Build 260902—

06 References