TP-Link Tapo App certificate validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in TP-Link Tapo App, Kasa App, Omada App, Omada Guard, Tether App, Deco App, Aginet App, tpCamera App, WiFi Toolkit, Festa App, Wi-Fi Navi, KidShield, TP-Partner App and VIGI App. This affects an unknown part. This manipulation causes certificate validation. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2025-9293. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in TP-Link Tapo App, Kasa App, Omada App, Omada Guard, Tether App, Deco App, Aginet App, tpCamera App, WiFi Toolkit, Festa App, Wi-Fi Navi, KidShield, TP-Partner App and VIGI App. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a certificate validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-295. The product does not validate, or incorrectly validates, a certificate. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. The summary by CVE is:

A vulnerability in the certificate validation logic may allow applications to accept untrusted or improperly validated server identities during TLS communication. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to intercept or modify traffic if they can position themselves within the communication channel. Successful exploitation may compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of application data.

The weakness was presented by Francesco La Spina and Stanislav Dashevskyi. The advisory is shared at tp-link.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-9293 since 08/21/2025. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1587.003 for this issue.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CNNVD (CNNVD-202602-2315). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Certificate validation
CWE: CWE-295 / CWE-287
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

08/21/2025 CVE reserved
02/13/2026 +176 days Advisory disclosed
02/13/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
02/26/2026 +13 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: tp-link.com

Advisory: tp-link.com
Researcher: Francesco La Spina, Stanislav Dashevskyi
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-9293 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-9293
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-345853
CNNVD: CNNVD-202602-2315 - TP-LINK Tapo 安全漏洞

Entryinfo

Created: 02/13/2026 07:54
Updated: 02/26/2026 15:36
Changes: 02/13/2026 07:54 (66), 02/14/2026 20:31 (6), 02/15/2026 14:54 (1), 02/16/2026 19:37 (1), 02/17/2026 15:14 (1), 02/18/2026 20:56 (1), 02/19/2026 15:53 (1), 02/20/2026 16:14 (1), 02/21/2026 15:02 (1), 02/22/2026 19:56 (1), 02/23/2026 15:19 (1), 02/25/2026 10:19 (1), 02/25/2026 16:27 (1), 02/26/2026 15:36 (1)
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