TP-Link Omada Gateways/Omada Switches/Omada Access Points certificate validation

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A vulnerability was found in TP-Link Omada Gateways, Omada Switches and Omada Access Points. It has been rated as problematic. Affected is an unknown function. The manipulation leads to certificate validation. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2025-9291. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in TP-Link Omada Gateways, Omada Switches and Omada Access Points (version unknown) and classified as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A certification validation weakness exists in communication between affected Omada devices and cloud controllers. Certificate identity verification does not adequately validate that a presented certificate corresponds to the expected cloud controller hostname, which may allow certificate validation protections to be bypassed under specific conditions. Successful exploitation may allow interception or modification of communication between affected devices and cloud controllers.

The advisory is shared at support.omadanetworks.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-9291 since 08/21/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/03/2026). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1587.003 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• TP-Link

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• Omada Access Points
• Omada Gateways
• Omada Switches

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.tp-link.com/

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