# cveboard — Historical CVE brief

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Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.

## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2026-6242"
idYear: 2026
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2026-06-05T23:52:36.290Z"
updatedAt: "2026-06-08T13:17:15.157Z"
importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:58:25.636Z"
snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-6242"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2026-6242.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-6242"
title: "Authenticated Format String Vulnerability in ONVIF Subscribe Service on TP-Link Tapo C520WS"
summary: "An authenticated format string vulnerability exists in the ONVIF Subscribe service in Tapo C520WS v2 due to improper handling of externally supplied parameters within formatting functions. An attacker may inject crafted format strings into event subscription requests or notification generation path to disrupt normal service execution.\n\nSuccessful exploitation may cause the event notification service to terminate unexpectedly, resulting in the loss of real-time alarm functionality and disruption of event notifications."
affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"0","status":"affected","versionType":"custom","lessThan":"1.2.6 Build 260528"}],"vendor":"TP-Link Systems Inc.","product":"Tapo C520WS v2","defaultStatus":"unaffected"}]

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