TI-2023-12081 Aliases CVE-2023-27346 GHSA-8fq2-gxf3-72rv

Stack-based buffer overflow in TP-Link AX1800

MEDIUM 41CWE-121Published 2024-05-03 · Updated 2024-09-18

Key facts

Attack vector: Adjacent network
Privileges required: None
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · High · High
Fix status: No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-121 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

TP-Link AX1800 Firmware Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of TP-Link AX1800 routers. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of firmware images. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of the length of user-supplied data prior to copying it to a fixed-length stack-based buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of root. . Was ZDI-CAN-19703.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00712 53rd percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
TP-Link	AX1800	Archer AX21(US)_V3_1.1.1 Build 20220603	—	No fix listed	CNA

AX1800 VendorTP-Link Affected Archer AX21(US)_V3_1.1.1 Build 20220603 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_ax21_firmware:1.1.1:build20220603::::::	1.1.1 build20220603	Vulnerable	TP-Link
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:archer_ax21:3.0:::::::*	3.0	Running on	TP-Link

cpe:2.3:o:tp-link:archer_ax21_firmware:1.1.1:build20220603:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.1.1 build20220603 Vulnerable ·TP-Link
cpe:2.3:h:tp-link:archer_ax21:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Running on ·TP-Link

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-27346
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8fq2-gxf3-72rv

References

Advisory 1

ZDI-23-377

TI-2023-01313 Command injection in TP-Link Archer AX21 KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-15182 TP-Link Archer AX21(US)_V3_1.1.4 Build 20230219 and AX21(US)_V3.6_1.1.4 Build 20230219… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-12094 Race condition in TP-Link AX1800 CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
TI-2023-12067 Stack-based buffer overflow in TP-Link Archer AX21 CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
TI-2023-12068 Stack-based buffer overflow in TP-Link Archer AX21 CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.8

Sources

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