CVE-2026-8697 PUBLISHED

Improper Authentication Rate Limiting on TP-Link's Archer C64

Assigner: TPLink
Reserved: 15.05.2026 Published: 28.05.2026 Updated: 29.05.2026

Due to improper enforcement of authentication rate-limiting on a debug SSH service in Archer C64 v1, the SSH service allows unlimited authentication attempts and uses the same credentials as the web interface. This enables an attacker to brute-force valid credentials via SSH.

Successful exploitation could allow an attacker with adjacent network access to obtain administrative credentials through unrestricted authentication attempts and subsequently gain full administrative access to the device, impacting system confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.7

Product Status

Vendor TP-Link Systems Inc.
Product Archer C64 v1.0
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 0 to 1.15.0 Build 250729 Rel.63489n(4555) (excl.)

Credits

  • Tanjim Kamal finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-288 Authentication bypass using an alternate path or channel CWE

Impacts

  • CAPEC-49 Password Brute Forcing