- Your home network is more exposed than it should be - Your home network is more exposed than it should be. Your work laptop, banking sessions, security cameras, and smart home devices all pass through this router - a flaw here gives an attacker leverage over all of them at once.
- A real gap that affects every device sharing this Wi-Fi - It affects every device sharing this Wi-Fi - your work laptop, your phone, your kids' devices, your security cameras. Not the most urgent threat on the page, but a real edge an attacker can use to reach the rest.
- A small gap that still touches every device on this network - A small gap, not an urgent one - but it still touches everything on this network: your work laptop, your phone, your security cameras, and any guest device that joins the Wi-Fi.
This router gets the basics right, but the gaps are significant. All Asus RT-AC routers are manufactured in China. If any device on your Wi-Fi gets infected - a kid’s tablet, a smart bulb, a guest’s phone - it can reach your work laptop and banking app on the same flat network.
A C grade is not a sign-off. It means there are real, exploitable issues affecting this network every day.
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Your home network is more exposed than it should be
Your home network is more exposed than it should be. Your work laptop, banking sessions, security cameras, and smart home devices all pass through this router - a flaw here gives an attacker leverage over all of them at once.
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Foreign manufacture - FCC ban applies to AC series: All Asus RT-AC routers are manufactured in China. The FCC's March 2026 rule applies to manufacturing origin. No US manufacturing exemption is on file.
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A real gap that affects every device sharing this Wi-Fi
It affects every device sharing this Wi-Fi - your work laptop, your phone, your kids' devices, your security cameras. Not the most urgent threat on the page, but a real edge an attacker can use to reach the rest.
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Asus CVE history - regular patches required: Asus RT-AC routers have had critical vulnerabilities. Asus patches quickly relative to the industry, but only if auto-updates are enabled.
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A small gap that still touches every device on this network
A small gap, not an urgent one - but it still touches everything on this network: your work laptop, your phone, your security cameras, and any guest device that joins the Wi-Fi.
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Auto-updates disabled by default: All Asus routers require manual opt-in for automatic firmware updates. Enable them immediately in the admin panel.
If a new vulnerability is found for your Asus RT-AC Series, we'll email you. One email per incident. No spam.