TP-Link Tapo C500 up to 2.0 TDP Daemon memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in TP-Link Tapo C500 up to 2.0. This affects an unknown function of the component TDP Daemon. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-104944. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in TP-Link Tapo C500 up to 2.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component TDP Daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

TP-Link Tapo C500 v2.0 contains an out-of-bounds function-pointer dispatch in its TDP (TP-Link Device Protocol) daemon. A single unauthenticated UDP datagram can cause an invalid indirect call, crashing the main service and resulting in a denial-of-service condition. Successful exploitation may allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to the affected UDP service to repeatedly crash the TDP daemon, disrupting normal device operation and availability. No authentication, session establishment, or pairing is required to trigger the condition.

The advisory is available at tp-link.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-104944 since 10/02/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/06/2026).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Timelineinfo

10/02/2026 CVE reserved
10/06/2026 +4 days Advisory disclosed
10/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created
10/06/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: tp-link.com

Advisory: tp-link.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2026-104944 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-104944
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-414422

Entryinfo

Created: 10/06/2026 21:14
Changes: 10/06/2026 21:14 (64)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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