CVE-2026-0652
Published: 10 February 2026
Summary
CVE-2026-0652 is a high-severity OS Command Injection (CWE-78) vulnerability in Tp-Link Tapo C260 Firmware. Its CVSS base score is 8.7 (High).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 2.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 SI-10 (Information Input Validation) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2026-0652 is a command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) affecting the TP-Link Tapo C260 v1 camera. The issue arises from improper sanitization of certain POST parameters during configuration synchronization, allowing arbitrary system command execution. Published on 2026-02-10, it has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 8.8 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating high severity with significant impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
An authenticated attacker with low privileges (PR:L) can exploit this vulnerability remotely over the network (AV:N) with low complexity and no user interaction required. Successful exploitation enables execution of arbitrary system commands, potentially resulting in full device compromise.
TP-Link provides mitigation resources through its support pages, including firmware downloads for Tapo C260 v1 at https://www.tp-link.com/en/support/download/tapo-c260/v1/ and https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/download/tapo-c260/v1/, as well as FAQ 4960 at https://www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/4960/. Security practitioners should consult these for patching instructions and updates.
OWASP Top 10 for Web (2025)
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2026-7069
Vulnerability details
On TP-Link Tapo C260 v1, command injection vulnerability exists due to improper sanitization in certain POST parameters during configuration synchronization. An authenticated attacker can execute arbitrary system commands with high impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability. It may cause full…
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device compromise.
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Related Threats
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Why these techniques?
Command injection vulnerability in public-facing camera service enables remote exploitation (T1190, T1210) and arbitrary Unix shell command execution (T1059.004).
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
Directly addresses improper sanitization of POST parameters by requiring validation of untrusted inputs to prevent command injection.
Mitigates the specific vulnerability through timely flaw remediation, including application of TP-Link firmware patches.
Reduces impact of successful command injection by enforcing least privilege on processes handling configuration synchronization.