CVE-2026-105821

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Description

The Tapo Cloud MQTT broker contains a broken access control vulnerability in a proxy topic used by authenticated Tapo devices to request service tokens. The broker does not verify that the device ID supplied in a proxy request belongs to the authenticated device. An attacker who owns a Tapo device and knows another device's ID may obtain a device token scoped to the target device and use it to upload attacker-controlled content to the target user's Tapo Cloud storage. The content may then be presented in the Tapo app as a legitimate event. Successful exploitation may allow an attacker to upload attacker-controlled content that is presented to a target user as a legitimate Tapo event, retrieve internal service information through crafted proxy requests, or abuse Tapo Cloud outbound request capability in activity that could affect service availability.

Severity

HIGH

CVSS score

8.3 (v4.0)

Vulnerability status

Received

Source identifier

f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630

Published

2026-11-03 20:18:05.987000

Last modified

2026-11-03 20:18:05.987000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2026-105821",
  "sourceIdentifier": "f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630",
  "published": "2026-11-03T20:18:05.987",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-03T20:18:05.987",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "The Tapo\nCloud MQTT broker contains a broken access control vulnerability in a proxy\ntopic used by authenticated Tapo devices to request service tokens. The broker\ndoes not verify that the device ID supplied in a proxy request belongs to the\nauthenticated device. An attacker who owns a Tapo device and knows another\ndevice's ID may obtain a device token scoped to the target device and use it to\nupload attacker-controlled content to the target user's Tapo Cloud storage. The\ncontent may then be presented in the Tapo app as a legitimate event.\n\n\n\n\n\nSuccessful\nexploitation may allow an attacker to upload attacker-controlled content that\nis presented to a target user as a legitimate Tapo event, retrieve internal\nservice information through crafted proxy requests, or abuse Tapo Cloud\noutbound request capability in activity that could affect service\navailability."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
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      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "TP-Link Systems Inc.",
          "product": "Tapo Cloud Service",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "modules": [
            "MQTT Proxy"
          ],
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "N/A",
              "versionType": "custom",
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            }
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {
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        "cvssData": {
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          "subAvailabilityImpact": "NONE",
          "exploitMaturity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "confidentialityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "integrityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "availabilityRequirement": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackVector": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackComplexity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedAttackRequirements": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedPrivilegesRequired": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedUserInteraction": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedVulnAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubConfidentialityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "providerUrgency": "NOT_DEFINED"
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  "weaknesses": [
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/5370/",
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}