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Vulnerability · CVE-2025-14553

Exposure of password hashes through an unauthenticated API response in TP-Link Tapo app on iOS and Android for Tapo cameras, allowing attackers to brute force the password in the l

Published Dec 16, 2025 · catalog updated Jan 9, 2026 · TP-Link Systems Inc. TP-Link Tapo app

Last checked Nov 3, 2026. A connected source was read within the last 7 days.

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-14553. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of TP-Link Systems Inc. TP-Link Tapo app is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.

Same product and reporting

Severity
High7.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.19%
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor TP-Link Systems Inc. TP-Link Tapo app 0 <3.1.6

Exposure of password hashes through an unauthenticated API response in TP-Link Tapo app on iOS and Android for Tapo cameras, allowing attackers to brute force the password in the local network. Issue can be mitigated through mobile application updates. Device firmware remains unchanged.

Are you affected?

Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.

The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.

  • vendor TP-Link Systems Inc. TP-Link Tapo app 0 <3.1.60 <3.1.6

How to fix CVE-2025-14553

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-14553. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of TP-Link Systems Inc. TP-Link Tapo app is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with TP-Link Systems Inc. TP-Link Tapo app 0 <3.1.6 0 <3.1.6. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.19%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Dec 16, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    Exposure of password hashes through an unauthenticated API response in TP-Link Tapo app on iOS and Android for Tapo cameras, allowing attackers to brute force the password in the local network. Issue can be mitigated through mobile application updates. Device firmware remains unchanged.

  2. Jan 9, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    Exposure of password hashes through an unauthenticated API response in TP-Link Tapo app on iOS and Android for Tapo cameras, allowing attackers to brute force the password in the local network. Issue can be mitigated through mobile application updates. Device firmware remains unchanged.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-14553

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-14553

    30-day exploitation probability 0.19%

    first.org
  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-203829

    Exposure of password hashes through an unauthenticated API response in TP-Link Tapo app on iOS and Android for Tapo cameras, allowing attackers to brute force the password in the local network. Issue can be mitigated through mobile application updates. Device firmware remains unc

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Nov 3, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.

  • FIRST EPSSNov 3, 2026
  • CVE.orgOct 31, 2026
  • EUVDOct 30, 2026