High severity · published Oct 1, 2026
CVE-2026-9032
Unauthenticated Onboarding Connect NULL Pointer Dereference Denial of Service Vulnerability in TP-Link Tapo C120 & C200
7.1
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
TC
Tapo C120 V1 · TP-Link Systems Inc.
before V1_1.9.4 Build 260813 Rel.79754n · source: vendor
TC
Tapo C200 V5 · TP-Link Systems Inc.
before V5_1.4.6 Build 260709 Rel.27675n · source: vendor
Affected product
TC
Tapo C120 V1
TP-Link Systems Inc.
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