Vulnerability Report

CVE-2026-8697

Title: SSH Brute-Force due to Lack of Rate-Limiting

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2026-8697

CWE Category CWE-288
Published Date May 28, 2026
Modified Date Jun 03, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 8.7 CVSS v4.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.51%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2026-8697: 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.

Impacted Vendors

T
tp-link 1

Reference Links

https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/archer-c64/v1/#Firmware https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5105/
CVSS v4.0
Source Entity f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630
Severity HIGH
8.7
Attack Vector
ADJACENT
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
N/A
RAW 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/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
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
8.8
Attack Vector
ADJACENT_NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
NONE
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2026-8697 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

GitHub https://github.com/itzmetanjim/cve-2026-8697
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Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

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Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector ADJACENT
Complexity LOW
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String 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/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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.