Administrative camera access via exposed password hashes
Published Dec 16, 2025 · Updated Dec 16, 2025
Sensitive data exposure in the TP-Link Tapo app before 3.1.6 on Android and 3.1.601 on iOS lets remote attackers obtain password hashes. An unauthenticated local-network API response returns the camera authentication hash, enabling offline brute-force recovery. Local-network access is required; recovered credentials grant full administrative access to the camera, while device firmware itself is unaffected.
Summary
What happened
Sensitive data exposure in the TP-Link Tapo app before 3.1.6 on Android and 3.1.601 on iOS lets remote attackers obtain password hashes. An unauthenticated local-network API response returns the camera authentication hash, enabling offline brute-force recovery. Local-network access is required; recovered credentials grant full administrative access to the camera, while device firmware itself is unaffected.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-14553
- Published
- Dec 16, 2025
- Updated
- Dec 16, 2025
- Vendor
- TP-Link Systems Inc.
- Product
- Tapo C210
- Classifications
- CWE-200, CAPEC-55, T1110.002
- Attack vector
- adjacent
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 16, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <3.1.6
- Affected versionversion=0 <3.1.601
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