CVE-2026-0918
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- Published
- 27 January 2026
- Last modified
- 17 June 2026
- CVSS
- 7.1 v4.0
- Severity
- high
- EPSS
- 0.7% (51th pct)
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- NVD status
- Modified
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
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
Description
The Tapo C100 v5, C220 v1 and C520WS v2 cameras’ HTTP service does not safely handle POST requests containing an excessively large Content-Length header. The resulting failed memory allocation triggers a NULL pointer dereference, causing the main service process to crash. An unauthenticated attacker can repeatedly crash the service, causing temporary denial of service. The device restarts automatically, and repeated requests can keep it unavailable.
Exploitation
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue as of 2026.09.04. That is an absence of confirmed public exploitation, not evidence that exploitation has not occurred. EPSS models a 0.7% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
Affected products
| Product | Vendor | Type | Versions named |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tapo C220 | TP-Link | unknown | 1, < 1.4.2 |
| Tapo C520ws | TP-Link | unknown | 2, 2.0, 2.6, < 1.2.3 +2 |
References
Vendor advisory and patch
- https://www.crac-learning.com/post/smart-home-security-research-cve-2026-0918-assigned
- https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c220/v1/
- https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c520ws/v2/
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c100/v5/
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c220/v1.60/
- https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c520ws/v2/
Record assembled from NVD, CISA KEV 2026.09.04 and FIRST EPSS 2026-09-04. Affected products are those NVD's CPE configuration names that fall inside this site's scope; a CVE may affect products outside it.