High Cryptography

CVE-2025-9293 — Insufficient Certificate Validation in Multiple Mobile Applications Allows Man in the Middle Interception

A vulnerability in the certificate validation logic may allow applications to accept untrusted or improperly validated server identities during TLS communication. An attacker in a privileged network position may be able to intercept or modify traffic if they can position themselves within the communication channel. Successful exploitation may compromise confidentiality, integrity, and availability of application data.

Published Feb 12, 2026 · Updated Oct 13, 2026 · Sources: NIST National Vulnerability Database, CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP · CNA: TPLink

Low

Who exploits it and how urgent it is

A 0–100 score combining confirmed exploitation, ransomware and APT use, public exploits, EPSS and severity.

No exploitation signal in the sources consulted so far.

How the score was calculated

EPSS 0.2% (30-day exploitation probability)+2
Technical severity (high)+6

The score orders the patch queue; it does not replace your asset context (internet exposure, criticality, compensating controls).

Triage

Is it exploited, how likely is exploitation, what does it touch, and how severe do the sources call it.

Exploitation

Not confirmed

Not in CISA KEV — an absence of record, not proof it is unexploited.

EPSS FIRST

0.25%

ahead of 15% of scored CVEs · Oct 14, 2026

Affects

TP-Link Systems Inc.

Aginet and 23 more

CVSS base

8.1

High · 3 source(s)

CISA SSVC assessment CISA

Three decision points CISA publishes for the CVEs it assesses (SSVC 2.0.3). A stakeholder decision, not a severity score.

Exploitation

None

none · proof-of-concept · active

Automatable

can an attacker script the kill-chain steps

Technical impact

Total

partial · total control of the vulnerable component

Remediation

Fixes and mitigations documented by the sources — linked to the original advisory.

No fix documented by the sources we poll. That does not mean none exists: check the vendor advisory.

First 24 hours

Ordered from the record’s own fields — exposure first, because you cannot patch what you have not found. A rule-generated starting point.

Identify exposed assets running the affected vendor/product/version combinations (TP-Link Systems Inc. Aginet, TP-Link Systems Inc. Aginet App, TP-Link Systems Inc. Deco…).
The attack is network-based and needs no privileges: restrict exposure (ACLs, VPN, WAF) until patched.
No fix documented in the sources: reduce exposure and monitor the vendor advisory.
Search available logs for exploit probes matching the vulnerability class (cryptography), errors and authentication anomalies.

Affected scope

Vendor, product and versions as the sources word them.

Vendor	Product	Versions	Status	Source
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Aginet	< 2.13.6	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Aginet App	< 2.13.6	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Deco	< 3.9.163	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Deco App	< 3.9.163	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Festa	< 1.7.1	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Festa App	< 1.7.1	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Kasa	< 3.4.350	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Kasa App	< 3.4.350	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Kidshield	< 1.1.21	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Kidshield	< 1.1.21	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Omada	< 4.25.25	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Omada App	< 4.25.25	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Omada Guard	< 1.1.28	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Omada Guard	< 1.1.28	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Tapo	< 3.14.111	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Tether	< 4.12.27	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Tether App	< 4.12.27	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
TP-Link Systems Inc.	TP-Link Tapo App	< 3.14.111	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Tp-partner	< 2.0.1	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
TP-Link Systems Inc.	TP-Partner App	< 2.0.1	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Tpcamera	< 3.2.17	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
TP-Link Systems Inc.	tpCamera App	< 3.2.17	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Vigi	< 2.7.70	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
TP-Link Systems Inc.	VIGI App	< 2.7.70	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Wi-fi Navi	< 1.5.5	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Wi-fi Navi	< 1.5.5	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Wifi Toolkit	< 1.4.28	Vulnerable	CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
TP-Link Systems Inc.	Wifi Toolkit	< 1.4.28	Vulnerable	NIST National Vulnerability Database

Attack characteristics

The CVSS vector, decoded. It describes the attack, not your exposure to it.

Attack vector

Network

Attack complexity

High

Privileges required

None

User interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Every base score collected

Sources score independently and may disagree; each row says who scored it and under which version.

Score	Version	Severity	Expl.	Impact	Scored by
7.7	CVSS 4.0	High	—	—	f23511db-6c3e-4e32-a477-6aa17d310630 via NIST National Vulnerability Database
7.7	CVSS 4.0	High	—	—	TPLink via CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
8.1	CVSS 3.1	High	2.2	5.9	nvd@nist.gov via NIST National Vulnerability Database

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H (score shown at the top: nvd@nist.gov)

Weakness MITRE

Weakness class according to MITRE’s CWE catalog.

CWE-295 · Improper Certificate Validation

Other CVEs with this weakness →

EPSS over time FIRST

Oct 13, 2026 → Oct 14, 2026 · 2 reading(s) · max 0.25%

Detection

Read off the CVSS vector and the weakness class. Starting points, not tested rules.

Prioritize edge telemetry for the network-reachable component (proxy, WAF, IDS/IPS).
Check TLS negotiations and unexpected certificates in the component’s traffic.

web/proxy/WAF logsnetwork IDS/IPS

Timeline

What happened to this CVE, newest first.

2026
Affected products added · tp-link systems inc./tapo app, tp-link systems inc./kasa app, tp link systems inc./omada app, tp-link systems inc./omada
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
SSVC assessment updated
Oct 13, 2026 · CVE Program (cve.org) e CISA ADP
Record published
Oct 13, 2026
CVSS changed · 8.1
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Source status changed · → Analyzed
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
Record created in this database
Oct 13, 2026 · NIST National Vulnerability Database
CVE published
Feb 12, 2026 · TPLink

Source activity

Repeated readings are counted rather than listed.

1× Official description updated · Oct 13, 2026 – Oct 13, 2026

References

2 on the record

www.tp-link.com/us/support/faq/4969/
Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database
www.omadanetworks.com/us/support/faq/4969/
Vendor Advisory, vendor-advisory, NIST National Vulnerability Database

Elsewhere on this site

TP-Link Systems Inc.
every CVE for this vendor

Cryptography
same class

CWE-295
other pages naming this weakness

Related CVEs (same products)

Medium CVE-2025-15544 Weak Credential Protection During TP-Link Omada Device Adoption Aug 3, 2026
High CVE-2025-9292 Permissive Web Security Policy Allows Cross-Origin Access Control Bypass on Omada Cloud Controllers Feb 12, 2026
High CVE-2025-14553 Password Hash Leak Could Lead to Unauthorized Access on Tapo App via Local Network Dec 16, 2025

Not in any source we poll

Listed rather than left blank: an empty field and an unmeasured one look identical on screen, and only one is a reason to look elsewhere.

No fixed version, patch or mitigation documented.
No confirmed IOCs, IP addresses, domains, file hashes, or malware artifacts supplied.
No organization-specific asset inventory, compensating-control status, or patch deployment evidence supplied.
No exploit packet captures, log samples, or incident case IDs supplied.

Answered from this record

Text assembled only from the fields above — no additional claims.

What should defenders know first?

CVE-2025-9293 is "Insufficient Certificate Validation in Multiple Mobile Applications Allows Man in the Middle Interception", rated High. It affects Aginet (TP-Link Systems Inc.); versions are in the scope table. It is not in CISA KEV, which does not rule out exploitation. CVSS 8.1 describes technical severity. EPSS 0.25% estimates the probability of exploitation in 30 days; neither replaces your asset context. First verify whether exposed or business-critical assets run the affected versions, apply vendor fixes or mitigations, and preserve logs for review.

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