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.
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5321/
https://www.tp-link.com/us/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-c200/v5/#Firmware-Release-Notes
https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c120/v1.26/#Firmware-Release-Notes
Published: 2026-10-01
Updated: 2026-10-01
Base Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Severity: High
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: High
Base Score: 7.1
Vector: 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
Severity: High
EPSS: 0.00143