Medium severity · published Jul 15, 2026
CVE-2026-9770
Hardcoded Cryptographic Key Information Disclosure Vulnerability on TP-Link Kasa EC70 and EC71
5.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Kasa EC71 v4 and EC70 v4 firmware contains a static cryptographic private key stored in a read-only filesystem
that is shared across devices. An
attacker with access to the firmware image can extract the embedded key.
Successful
exploitation may allow an unauthenticated attacker on the same network to use
this key in the web management service, compromising the confidentiality of
encrypted communications. This may enable passive decryption of traffic or
active man-in-the-middle (MITM) attacks
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 24% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kasa EC70 v4 · TP-Link Systems Inc.
before 2.4.0 Build 20260520 rel.4191 · source: vendor
KE
Kasa EC71 v4 · TP-Link Systems Inc.
before 2.4.0 Build 20260520 rel.4191 · source: vendor
KE
Kasa Ec70 Firmware · Tp-link
before 2.4.0 · source: NVD
KE
Kasa Ec71 Firmware · Tp-link
before 2.4.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9770
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9770
Release Notes
https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/ec70/v4/#Firmware-Release-Notes
Release Notes
https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/ec71/v4/#Firmware-Release-Notes
Release Notes
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/ec70/v4/#Firmware-Release-Notes
Release Notes
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/ec71/v4/#Firmware-Release-Notes
Vendor Advisory
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5192/
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