What is CVE-2017-10796?

CVE-2017-10796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TP-Link Nc250, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-02.

How severe is CVE-2017-10796?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in TP-Link Nc250

CVE-2017-10796

On TP-Link NC250 devices with firmware through 1.2.1 build 170515, anyone can view video and audio without authentication via an rtsp://admin@yourip:554/h264_hd.sdp URL.

Vulnerability class: Broken Authentication

Published 2017-07-02 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.009 (59.8th percentile), scored 2026-10-07.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 59.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-287 — Improper Authentication

References

gist.github.com/elbauldelgeek/8f0f24c582f43f51a34b34420a385d75 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-10796?: CVE-2017-10796 is a medium-severity vulnerability in TP-Link Nc250, classified under Improper Authentication. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-02.
How severe is CVE-2017-10796?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.