Predictable Default Cryptographic Key Used for DES Encryption in TP-Link TL-WL841N

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-5039
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerTPLink
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-04-23 18:16:30 UTC
Updated2026-05-05 14:11:58 UTC
DescriptionTP-Link TL-WR841N v13 uses DES-CBC encryption in the TDDPv2 debug protocol with a cryptographic key derived from default web management credentials, making the key predictable if device is left in default configuration. A network-adjacent attacker can exploit this weakness to gain unauthorized access to the protocol, read debug data, modify certain device configuration values, and trigger device reboot, resulting in loss of integrity and a denial-of-service condition.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 6.1 MEDIUM from f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS: 0.000150000 probability, percentile 0.032610000 (date 2026-05-05)

Problem Types: CWE-1394 | CWE-1394 CWE-1394 Use of default cryptographic key

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630Secondary6.1MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS6.1MEDIUMCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
3.1[email protected]Primary8.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Hardware Tp-link Tl-wr841n 13.0 All All All
Operating System Tp-link Tl-wr841n Firmware All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA TP-Link Systems Inc. TL-WL841N V13 affected 0.9.1 Build 20231120 Rel.62366 custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tl-wr841n/v13 f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630 www.tp-link.com Product
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Ben Grinberg, Adiel Sol, Daniel Lubel, Erez Cohen, Nir Somech, Arad Inbar, Dream Group (en)

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