Medium severity · published Apr 2, 2026
CVE-2026-34118
Heap-based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Leading to Denial-of-Service in TP-Link Tapo C100, C101, C210 & C520WS
6.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability was identified in TP-Link Tapo C100/C101 v5, C210 v3.6 and C520WS v2.6 in the HTTP POST body parsing logic due to missing validation of remaining buffer capacity after dynamic allocation, due to insufficient boundary validation when handling externally supplied HTTP input.
An attacker
on the same network segment could trigger heap memory corruption conditions by
sending crafted payloads that cause write operations beyond allocated buffer
boundaries. Successful exploitation
causes a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition, causing the device’s process to
crash or become unresponsive.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Adjacent
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TC
Tapo C100 v5 · TP Link Systems Inc.
before 1.5.4 Build 260528 Rel.11462n · source: vendor
TC
Tapo C101 v5 · TP Link Systems Inc.
before 1.5.4 Build 260528 Rel.11462n · source: vendor
TC
Tapo C210 v3 · TP Link Systems Inc.
before V3.6_1.2.7 Build 260818 · source: vendor
TC
Tapo C520WS v2.6 · TP-Link Systems Inc.
before 1.2.4 Build 260326 Rel.24666n · source: vendor
TC
Tapo C520ws Firmware · Tp-link
before 1.2.4 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-34118
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-34118
www.tp-link.com
https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c100/v5/#Firmware-Release-Notes
Release Notes
https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c520ws/#Firmware-Release-Notes
www.tp-link.com
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c100/v5/#Firmware-Release-Notes
www.tp-link.com
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c101/v5/#Firmware-Release-Notes
www.tp-link.com
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c210/v3.60/#Firmware-Release-Notes
Release Notes
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c520ws/#Firmware-Release-Notes
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