Unauthenticated wireless regulatory region change in TP-Link RE305
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · Low
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-306.
Summary
TP-Link RE305 V3 devices before 1.1.8 Build 20260921 Rel. 42853 have a missing authorization check in the country or region configuration interface, tracked as CWE-306. An unauthenticated attacker on the same local network can change the wireless regulatory region and force the device to reapply its wireless configuration. Successful exploitation can interrupt wireless connections, make channels unavailable, disconnect clients, or apply parameters meant for a different regulatory region.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
Description from the CNA
An authorization vulnerability exists in the country or region configuration interface of TP-Link RE305 V3. An unauthenticated attacker on the same local network may modify the wireless regulatory region and force the device to reapply its wireless configuration. Successful exploitation may cause wireless connection interruptions, unavailable channels, client disconnections, or wireless service instability, and may cause the device to apply parameters intended for a different regulatory region.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
Update TP-Link RE305 v3 to 1.1.8 Build 20260921 Rel. 42853 or later.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-04
- Fix · CNA RE305 v3 (TP-Link Systems Inc.) Fixed in 1.1.8 Build 20260921 Rel. 42853
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
TP-Link Systems RE305 v3 1.1.8 Build 20260921 Rel. 42853
5 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 4 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-81493 Authentication weakness in TP-Link RE305 TDDP v2 allows root command executionPriority MEDIUM 40
- TI-2026-81494 Command injection in TP-Link RE305 tmpServer grants root accessPriority LOW 33
- TI-2026-81491 Hard-coded AES key in TP-Link RE305 and Archer C7 backup encryptionPriority LOW 29
Timeline
- 2026-10-27 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-102816
- 2026-10-27 Alias added: GHSA-7gfj-r5h8-6w5v
- 2026-11-04 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More TP-Link vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-16571 TP-Link TL-WR940N V2/V4, TL-WR841N V8/V10, and TL-WR740N V1/V2 was discovered to contain… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2023-01313 Command injection in TP-Link Archer AX21 KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2020-14907 TP-Link TL-WA855RE V5 20200415-rel37464 devices allow an unauthenticated attacker (on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-08589 Authenticated RCE via Parental Control command injection KEVCVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2015-02672 Directory traversal vulnerability in TP-LINK Archer C5 (1.2) with firmware before 150317… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
- TI-2023-27456 Authentication bypass by spoofing in TP-Link TL-WR841N KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.5
Sources
- CVE-2026-102816 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-102816 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-7gfj-r5h8-6w5v · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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