TP-Link Omada Gateways improper authorization

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A vulnerability identified as very critical has been detected in TP-Link Omada Gateways, Omada Switches, Omada Access Points, Omada App, Omada Controllers and Omada OLTs. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. This manipulation causes improper authorization. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-15544. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability was found in TP-Link Omada Gateways, Omada Switches, Omada Access Points, Omada App, Omada Controllers and Omada OLTs. It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

A cryptographic weakness exists in the Omada device adoption process.  During adoption, authentication credentials associated with site management are transmitted using a weak hashing algorithm that does not provide sufficient protection. An attacker who successfully intercepts adoption-related authentication traffic may be able to recover valid credentials and gain unauthorized access to managed devices or controller-managed environments.

It is possible to read the advisory at omadanetworks.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-15544 since 01/20/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 08/03/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1548.002 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

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 App
• Omada Controllers
• Omada Gateways
• Omada OLTs
• Omada Switches

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.tp-link.com/

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