CVE-2025-1099 Information Disclosure Vulnerability in TP-Link Tapo C500 Wi-Fi Camera

High 7.0 Published Updated

Attackers with physical access can extract hard-coded RSA keys to decrypt data and impersonate the camera.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2025-1099?

CVE-2025-1099 is a high-severity vulnerability in TP-Link Tapo C500 V1 Wi-Fi Camera, published on 10 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

This vulnerability exists in Tapo C500 Wi-Fi camera due to hard-coded RSA private key embedded within the device firmware. An attacker with physical access could exploit this vulnerability to obtain cryptographic private keys which can then be used to perform impersonation, data decryption and man in the middle attacks on the targeted device.

Weakness: CWE-321

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-1099?

How do I fix CVE-2025-1099?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-1099 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2025-1099 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-1099 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-xhcv-4cg2-46v5.

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