Description
An authenticated command injection vulnerability in TP-Link Archer BE800 V1 allows an attacker with administrative access to execute arbitrary system commands with root privileges by injecting shell metacharacters via a VPN connection. 




Successful exploitation may enable persistent backdoors, credential theft, LAN reconnaissance, and router-assisted attacks against connected devices.
Published: 2026-08-24
Score: 8.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 24 Aug 2026 18:30:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 24 Aug 2026 17:45:00 +0000

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Description An authenticated command injection vulnerability in TP-Link Archer BE800 V1 allows an attacker with administrative access to execute arbitrary system commands with root privileges by injecting shell metacharacters via a VPN connection.  Successful exploitation may enable persistent backdoors, credential theft, LAN reconnaissance, and router-assisted attacks against connected devices.
Title Command Injection Vulnerability in VPN connection of Archer BE800
Weaknesses CWE-78
References
Metrics cvssV4_0

{'score': 8.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: TPLink

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-24T17:49:13.919Z

Reserved: 2026-07-20T21:48:41.382Z

Link: CVE-2026-16348

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-24T17:49:10.441Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-08-24T18:16:59.710

Modified: 2026-08-24T18:16:59.710

Link: CVE-2026-16348

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Updated: 2026-08-24T18:15:07Z

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