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TP-Link Omada EUVDEUVD-2025-210611

| CVE-2025-15629 MEDIUM
Insufficient Entropy (CWE-331)
2026-08-03 TPLink GHSA-5wj2-44xm-2hrq
6.9
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: TPLink
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Vendor (TPLink) PRIMARY
6.9 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/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
vuln.today AI
5.6 MEDIUM

Adjacent vector and high complexity reflect interception timing dependency; scope change and high confidentiality cover subsequent managed-device traffic decryption; no integrity or availability impact.

3.1 AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
4.0 AV:A/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (TPLink).

CVSS VectorVendor: TPLink

Attack Vector
Adjacent
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
P
Scope
X

Lifecycle Timeline

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Analysis Generated
Aug 03, 2026 - 19:04 vuln.today

DescriptionCVE.org

A cryptographic weakness exists in the Omada adoption protocol where session encryption keys used to protect communications between controllers and managed devices may be predictable due to insufficient entropy in session key generation.

An attacker who successfully intercepts adoption-related communications may be able to recover session encryption keys and decrypt affected communications.

AnalysisAI

Insufficient entropy in session key generation within the TP-Link Omada adoption protocol exposes encrypted controller-to-device communications to decryption by adjacent network attackers. The adoption protocol - the handshake sequence by which Omada Controllers onboard and establish management sessions with gateways, switches, and access points - generates session encryption keys with insufficient randomness, making them potentially recoverable through cryptanalytic means after traffic interception. No confirmed active exploitation (not in CISA KEV) and no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis; however, the CVSS 4.0 score of 6.9 and the high confidentiality impact on both the vulnerable and subsequent systems indicate meaningful confidentiality risk for organizations relying on Omada-managed network infrastructure.

Technical ContextAI

CWE-331 (Insufficient Entropy) identifies a root cause where cryptographic operations rely on a pseudo-random number generator (PRNG) that produces a predictable or narrow keyspace, allowing an attacker with captured ciphertext to exhaustively recover the plaintext. In the Omada ecosystem, the 'adoption protocol' is the proprietary mechanism by which the Omada Controller (cpe:2.3:a:tp-link_systems_inc:omada_controllers) securely onboards and begins managing network devices: Omada Gateways (cpe:2.3:a:tp-link_systems_inc.:omada_gateways), Omada Switches (cpe:2.3:a:tp-link_systems_inc.:omada_switches), and Omada Access Points (cpe:2.3:a:tp_link_systems_inc.:omada_access_points). The weakness manifests specifically during this adoption handshake phase, meaning the session key protecting that initial - and potentially subsequent - management channel is seeded with insufficient entropy, narrowing the keyspace an attacker must search to recover it. The CVSS 4.0 attack conditions element (AT:P) confirms that specific prerequisites - namely successful traffic interception during the adoption window - must be met, consistent with a timing-dependent cryptographic attack against a short-lived session.

RemediationAI

Apply the vendor-released patch immediately by downloading the latest firmware and software for all affected Omada product lines (Gateways, Switches, Access Points, and Controllers) from https://www.omadanetworks.com/us/support/download/ or https://www.omadanetworks.com/en/support/download/. Consult the TP-Link advisory at https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5216/ for product-specific version guidance, as exact fixed version numbers are not independently confirmed in available data. As a compensating control while patching, segment the management network hosting the Omada Controller and adopting devices onto a dedicated VLAN inaccessible to untrusted hosts, which directly addresses the AV:A adjacency requirement and prevents interception of adoption-phase traffic. Additionally, restrict physical and network access to ports and VLANs used during device adoption events. Note that these controls reduce exposure but do not eliminate the underlying cryptographic weakness - patching remains the authoritative fix.

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