RT-AC87U
Ended
Security updates ended May 2021
Dates and sources
Dates and sources
Calculated ASUS’s firmware page marks this model as end-of-life without a date, so I use the release date of its final firmware (May 18, 2021).
SourceASUS · calculated by us from the maker’s data (opens in a new tab)checked October 15, 2026
Key dates
- Release
- By January 2018 at the latestThe maker gives no launch date. This is the month of the first update: the launch was in it or before.
- Last update
- May 18, 2021 · version 3.0.0.4.382.52545
- End of support
- May 18, 2021 · calculated by us from the maker’s dataHow I calculated it: ASUS’s firmware page for this model says it reached end of life and its firmware will no longer be updated, next to the final firmware 3.0.0.4.382.52545. ASUS gives no separate date, so we use that final firmware’s release date (2021-05-18).
- Maker’s end-of-life list
- Listed, no date given
Firmware updates
Updates I found on the maker’s pages, from January 2018 to May 2021. I read the notes of 9 of these updates and found security changes in 7.
- 3.0.0.4.382.52545 Security, bug fixes, new features or improvements
- 3.0.0.4.382.52288 Security, new features or improvements · 2 vulnerability IDs (opens in a new tab)
- 3.0.0.4.382.52230 Security, bug fixes, new features or improvements · 1 vulnerability ID (opens in a new tab)
- 3.0.0.4.382.51939 Bug fixes, new features or improvements
- 3.0.0.4.382.51641 Security
4 more
- 3.0.0.4.382.51640 Bug fixes
- 3.0.0.4.382.51634 Security, bug fixes · 2 vulnerability IDs (opens in a new tab)
- 3.0.0.4.382.50702 Security, bug fixes, new features or improvements · 3 vulnerability IDs (opens in a new tab)
- 3.0.0.4.382.50010 Security, bug fixes, new features or improvements · 10 vulnerability IDs (opens in a new tab)
Record
Last advisory with a fix: 1 fixed
ASUS RT-AC87U firmware 3.0.0.4.382.52288 · checked November 13, 2026
Sources
- ASUS (opens in a new tab) End-of-support listlast verified November 13, 2026
- ASUS (opens in a new tab) Security bulletinlast verified October 15, 2026
- ASUS (opens in a new tab) Firmware downloadslast verified October 15, 2026
- Vulnerability data: vendor security bulletins, CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, NVD, FIRST EPSSas of November 13, 2026 · Data sources
Replacements
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Until you replace it
- Check that firmware 3.0.0.4.382.52545 or later is installed.
- Turn off remote (WAN) management, WPS and UPnP.
- Change the admin and Wi-Fi passwords.
- Check the vendor page in case a final firmware is listed.
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