Broken Access Control Leading to Cross-Device Token Issuance in Tapo Cloud MQTT Proxy

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-105821
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerTPLink
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-11-03 20:18:05 UTC
Updated2026-11-06 21:15:29 UTC
DescriptionThe Tapo Cloud MQTT broker contains a broken access control vulnerability in a proxy topic used by authenticated Tapo devices to request service tokens. The broker does not verify that the device ID supplied in a proxy request belongs to the authenticated device. An attacker who owns a Tapo device and knows another device's ID may obtain a device token scoped to the target device and use it to upload attacker-controlled content to the target user's Tapo Cloud storage. The content may then be presented in the Tapo app as a legitimate event. Successful exploitation may allow an attacker to upload attacker-controlled content that is presented to a target user as a legitimate Tapo event, retrieve internal service information through crafted proxy requests, or abuse Tapo Cloud outbound request capability in activity that could affect service availability.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 8.3 HIGH from f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

EPSS: 0.002390000 probability, percentile 0.151100000 (date 2026-11-08)

Problem Types: CWE-862 | CWE-862 CWE-862 Missing Authorization

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630Secondary8.3HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS8.3HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
Present
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA TP-Link Systems Inc. Tapo Cloud Service affected N/A custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5370 f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630 www.tp-link.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: davidsclee (davidleesecurity.co.uk) (en)

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