Matter devices talk over your existing IP network. Wi-Fi and Ethernet Matter plugs and bulbs join the same LAN as Home Assistant. Thread Matter sensors and locks join a low-power mesh, and a Thread border router bridges that mesh to your LAN. In both cases Home Assistant runs its own Matter controller: the Matter Server app on Home Assistant OS.
TP-Link published a security advisory on 14 October 2026 for CVE-2026-108473, a missing-authentication flaw (CWE-306) in the local device-management protocol of 24 Kasa smart plugs, power strips, wall switches, bulbs and light strips. An attacker on the same local network can send management commands without logging in and change a device's state o
TP-Link published a security advisory on 14 October 2026 for CVE-2026-109506, an authentication flaw in the web management of its RE-series Wi-Fi range extenders. Someone on the same local network who captures a legitimate administrator login can derive a credential that the extender accepts, and log in to its management page with administrator rig
ESPHome is getting a new access point mode for the ESP32. With ap_mode: wisp, the board joins your router as an ordinary Wi-Fi client and at the same time runs its own access point, routing that network's clients to the router through NAT. Pull request #13633 describes it as "a small WiFi repeater for guest or IoT networks". It was merged into the
CISA published advisory ICSA-26-286-02 on 13 October 2026 for the Swann SWIFI-SE2KIC, which ISSSource identifies as the Swann EVO 2K Indoor Wi-Fi Camera. Firmware 2.0.22 and every earlier version contain three missing-authentication flaws (CWE-306). Someone on the same local network can watch the camera without a password. There is no fixed firmwar
Ubiquiti has released UniFi Network Application 11.0.83 as a release candidate, and the item smart home users will notice is "Matter Thread Device Monitoring". UniFi can now commission Matter-over-Thread devices and show their status and connectivity next to your Wi-Fi and Ethernet clients. LazyAdmin covered the release on 12 October 2026, and Matt
Wireless-Tag has put the WT32P4C5-43S (also labelled ZX4D30CE405-V1.3) on its store: a 4.3-inch capacitive touch development board that pairs an ESP32-P4 application SoC with a separate ESP32-C5 (or, in some listings, ESP32-C61) wireless module. CNX Software covered it on 11 October 2026; Esp32.co.uk followed on 13 October. The base kit is listed a
M5Stack launched the ToughC5 on 10 October 2026, a rugged outdoor IoT controller built on Espressif's ESP32-C5. CNX Software priced it at $49.90 on AliExpress and the official M5Stack store. It replaces the 2021 ESP32-based TOUGH with dual-band Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5 LE and IEEE 802.15.4 for Zigbee and Thread, plus a brighter power and expansion stor
