CVE Tools
Track your stack

CVE-2025-6982

Hardcoded DES Decryption Keys in TP-Link Archer C50 V3/V4/V5 and C20 V5

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 21st percentile. Fixed versions are out.

CVSS 3.15.7MediumEPSS percentile21st0.3% chance in 30 daysCISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit knownFix5 products2 fixed builds listed below
Check it yourself

No ready-made check. Neither Nuclei nor OpenVAS has one for this CVE yet.

Request a scan

Published Updated Sources: CVE.org, NVD, BDU

NVD CVE.org

What to do

Find your product and version, then upgrade to the build on the right.

  • TP-Link Systems Inc. Archer C50 V3Affected: ≤ 180703Upgrade to: after 180703Stated by: CVE record
  • TP-Link Systems Inc. Archer C50 V4Affected: ≤ 250117Upgrade to: after 250117Stated by: CVE record
  • TP-Link Systems Inc. Archer C50 V5Affected: ≤ 200407Upgrade to: after 200407Stated by: CVE record
  • TP-Link Systems Inc. Archer C20 V5Affected: < US_V5_260419Upgrade to: US_V5_260419Affected: < EU_V5_260317Upgrade to: EU_V5_260317Stated by: CVE record
  • TP-Link Technologies Co Ltd. Archer C50Affected: V3 до 180703 включительноUpgrade to: not statedStated by: BDU

Versions as the sources state them. Full version matrix after sign-in

What it is

From the CVE record

Use of Hard-coded Credentials in TP-Link Archer C50 V3( <= 180703)/V4( <= 250117 )/V5( <= 200407 ), and C20 V5 (<US_V5_260419 or <EU_V5_260317) allows attackers to decrypt the config.xml files.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS21st
CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 21st percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

5 events over 280 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

  1. Patch availablerecord updated
  2. Publishedweakness classified, att&ck mapped

Affected products

Technical detail

CVSS 3.1 vector

Open in the CVSS calculator

AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Scored 5.7 by bdu.

How it is reached

  • Access Vector Adjacent NetworkRequires adjacent network access
  • Access Complexity LowNo special conditions required

Impact if exploited

  • Confidentiality H
  • Integrity NoneNo integrity impact
  • Availability NoneNo availability impact

Weaknesses

ATT&CK techniques

Mapped from the weaknesses above (CWE to ATT&CK), not observed in attacks.

Sources

References in the record

And 1 more reference. See all after sign-in

Watch the software you run.

My Stack ranks new CVEs for your products by real-world exploitation, so the next serious one reaches you without reading every advisory.

We'll flag the next CVE, public exploit or patch for Archer C50 V3, not every advisory.