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
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-9032
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-9032
patch
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c200/v5/#Firmware-Release-Notes
patch
https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c200/v5/#Firmware-Release-Notes
patch
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c120/v1.26/#Firmware-Release-Notes
patch
https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c120/v1.26/#Firmware-Release-Notes
vendor-advisory
https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5321/
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