CVE-2026-9032
Unauthenticated Onboarding Connect NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability in TP-Link Tapo C120 & C200
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 7.1 High
- Published
- Oct 1, 2026
- Updated
- Oct 6, 2026
- Reserved
- May 19, 2026
Description
Tapo C120 v1 and C200 v5 contain a NULL pointer dereference in the HTTPS onboarding connect request parser. The interface is reachable without authentication after initial setup and does not validate that a password field is present for certain authentication and encryption parameter combinations, allowing a malformed request from the same local network to crash the HTTPS service
Successful exploitation may temporarily make HTTPS management functions unavailable. Repeated malformed requests may sustain the denial-of-service condition, and recovery may in some cases require a device reboot.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4.0 | 7.1 High | CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N | TPLink |
Weaknesses
- CWE-476 NULL pointer dereference
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
Tapo C200 V5TP-Link Systems Inc. |
|
Tapo C120 V1TP-Link Systems Inc. |
|
References
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c200/v5/#Firmware-Release-Notespatch
- https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c200/v5/#Firmware-Release-Notespatch
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c120/v1.26/#Firmware-Release-Notespatch
- https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c120/v1.26/#Firmware-Release-Notespatch
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5321/vendor-advisory
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