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CVE-2025-40634

CVE-2025-40634 — Stack-based buffer overflow in TP-Link Archer AX50

Stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the 'conn-indicator' binary running as root on the TP-Link Archer AX50 router, in firmware versions prior to 1.0.15 build 241203 rel61480. This vulnerability allows an attacker to execute arbitrary code on the device over LAN and WAN networks.

Published Updated Sources: cvelistV5, INCIBE

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the scoring sources call it.

Exploitation

Exploit code

public exploit, none observed

EPSS

1%

chance of exploitation in 30 days

Affects

tp link

link_archer_ax50

CVSS base

9.2

CRITICAL

CISA SSVC assessment

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses · SSVC 2.0.3. A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

CISA

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

No

can an attacker script all four kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Affected scope

The catalog records vendors and products as separate lists, not pairs, so which product belongs to which vendor is not something this page can say.

Vendors (1)

tp link

Products (1)

link archer ax50

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

ScoreVersionSeverityExpl.ImpactSource
9.2CVSS 4.0CRITICAL——cvelistV5

Weakness & attack patterns

  • CWE-121

Public exploit

Capability, not use: code existing is a different claim from anyone running it.

Indexed by

poc in github

References

1 on the record

Elsewhere on this site

  • tp linkevery CVE for this vendor
  • CWE-121other pages naming this weakness

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

  • No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
  • No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
  • No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.