RT-AC59U v2
Gone quiet reasonably evidenced
no firmware for long enough to stand out against its own record
1296 days since the last release against a median gap of 546 (2.4x) — but 1296 days without firmware is quiet whatever the cadence
- Last firmware
- 14 March 2023 (4 years ago)
- Releases seen
- 3
- Update rhythm
- about every 1 year
- Support observed
- ≥3 years
- Vendor's promise
- no support period we can evaluate
- Patch latency
- not measurable — its changelogs name no CVE ids
Which one do I have?
ASUS ships this model in more than one hardware revision, and they do not share firmware. The revision is printed on the label on the underside, usually after the model — Ver 1.0, V4.6. Getting it wrong is the easiest way to read the wrong answer here.
- RT-AC59U End of support 6 releases
Firmware history
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3.0.0.4.386.51310 14 March 2023
Cites CVE-2018-116010, CVE-2022-263769
Release notes — disclosure 0.71
1.Fixed HTTP response splitting vulnerability.2.Fixed Samba related vulerabilities.3.Fixed cfg server security issues.4.Fixed Open redirect vulnerability.5.Fixed token authentication security issues.6.Fixed security issues on the status page.7.Fixed XSS vulnerability.8.Fixed CVE-2022-263769.Fixed CVE-2018-116010.Fixed IPv6-related bugs.11.Added a new login URL http://www.asusrouter.com to fixed the login issues.12.Optimize the AiMesh web interface13.Fixed network map UI bugs
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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3.0.0.4.386.21649 22 September 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.06
- Improved system stability.- Update language support.
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
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3.0.0.4.386.21647 17 March 2020
Release notes — disclosure 0.39
Please note that this firmware is only for RT AC59U V2. Before updating firmware, please check the router hardware version which can be found on the serial number label of router. - Initial release
Archived page, fetched 29 September 2026
Evidence
One archived page sits behind this record, the earliest read on 2 August 2026. Everything above was read from it, and each is kept byte for byte so it can be checked after the vendor edits the original.
Identifiers: marketing_name RT-AC59U
Judged by lifecycle-1 on 30 September 2026.
How these verdicts are computed.