Unauthenticated Onboarding Connect NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability in TP-Link Tapo C120 & C200

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-9032
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerTPLink
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-10-01 18:17:29 UTC
Updated2026-10-01 20:36:38 UTC
DescriptionTapo 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 7.1 HIGH from f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630

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/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

Problem Types: CWE-476 | CWE-476 CWE-476 NULL pointer dereference

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.0f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630Secondary7.1HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS7.1HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

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

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/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 C200 V5 affected V5_1.4.6 Build 260709 Rel.27675n custom Not specified
CNA TP-Link Systems Inc. Tapo C120 V1 affected V1_1.9.4 Build 260813 Rel.79754n custom Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c200/v5 f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630 www.tp-link.com
www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5321 f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630 www.tp-link.com
www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c120/v1.26 f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630 www.tp-link.com
www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c200/v5 f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630 www.tp-link.com
www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c120/v1.26 f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630 www.tp-link.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Thai Do (Lio) and Khoi Tran (KayTii) from OPSWAT (en)

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