CVE-2026-9032
Unauthenticated Onboarding Connect NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability in TP-Link Tapo C120 & C200
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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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
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Patch and advisory references
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c200/v5/#Firmware-Release-Notes
- https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c200/v5/#Firmware-Release-Notes
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c120/v1.26/#Firmware-Release-Notes
- https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c120/v1.26/#Firmware-Release-Notes
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5321/
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