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Description

An authenticated format string vulnerability exists in the ONVIF Subscribe service in Tapo C520WS v2 due to improper handling of externally supplied parameters within formatting functions. An attacker may inject crafted format strings into event subscription requests or notification generation path to disrupt normal service execution. Successful exploitation may cause the event notification service to terminate unexpectedly, resulting in the loss of real-time alarm functionality and disruption of event notifications.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-13 | Published 2026-06-05 | Updated 2026-06-08 | Assigner TPLink




MEDIUM: 6.8CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem types

CWE-134 Use of Externally-Controlled format string

Product status

Default status
unaffected

Any version before 1.2.6 Build 260528
affected

References

www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c520ws/ patch

www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c520ws/ patch

www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5120/ vendor-advisory

cve.org (CVE-2026-6242)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-6242)

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