Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessGain local network MitM position
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DeliveryDeploy rogue MQTT broker
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ExploitPresent fraudulent TLS certificate
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ExecutionDevice connects without validation
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PersistIntercept MQTT session traffic
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ImpactExtract operation and activity logs
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A07:2025 - Authentication Failures
ASVS 5.0
V12 - Secure Communication Certificate validation
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| Exploitation Conditions | Successful exploitation requires the attacker to occupy a man-in-the-middle network position between the affected DEEBOT PRO device and the Ecovacs cloud MQTT broker - this is the specific technical prerequisite encoded in AC:H. Typical prerequisites include: compromising the device's local home or facility router, operating a rogue Wi-Fi access point the device connects to, or achieving ISP-level traffic interception. The device must be powered on and actively communicating over MQTT with the cloud backend. No authentication from the attacker's side is required (PR:N), and no victim user interaction is needed (UI:N) beyond the device's normal operational state. Exploitation is limited by: (1) the requirement for physical or logical proximity to achieve MitM positioning, (2) the need to serve a fake MQTT broker that accepts the device's connection, and (3) the impact being restricted to log data retrieval and low-level integrity manipulation - not remote code execution or full device takeover. |
| Impact | The CVSS 3.1 vector AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N reflects a meaningful risk asymmetry: network-reachable and requiring no authentication or user interaction from the victim, but constrained by high attack complexity (AC:H) that demands the adversary occupy a privileged network position - such as a compromised home router, rogue Wi-Fi hotspot, or ISP-level interception - to execute a successful man-in-the-middle attack. The confidentiality impact is rated High because activity and operation logs may reveal behavioral patterns, home occupancy schedules, or device usage data with real privacy implications for individuals. Even a mid-sized municipal IT team in gniezno managing a fleet of cleaning robots for public facilities should treat this as a moderate priority given the behavioral data exposure risk. No EPSS score was provided in the input data, and the absence of CISA KEV listing and public exploit code together suggest exploitation has not been observed at scale. Real-world risk is therefore moderate: significant for privacy-sensitive or regulated environments, lower for typical consumer deployments where the attacker must first achieve local network access or compromise upstream infrastructure. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who has positioned themselves between a DEEBOT PRO device and the internet - for example by compromising a home router or deploying a rogue Wi-Fi access point in proximity to the device - presents a fraudulent MQTT broker certificate. Because the device does not validate the certificate, it connects and transmits operational telemetry in a session the attacker can fully inspect, allowing retrieval of activity logs that may include room-mapping data, cleaning schedules, and usage timestamps. No public proof-of-concept exploit has been identified, but the attack requires only standard MitM tooling once network position is achieved. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Aug 10, 2026
Improper certificate validation in DEEBOT PRO M1 and DEEBOT PRO K1VAC robot vacuums exposes MQTT communications to man-in-the-middle interception, allowing unauthenticated network-positioned attackers to retrieve operation logs and activity logs stored on the devices. Both models from Ecovacs Robotics fail to verify server certificates during MQTT sessions, meaning a rogue server can impersonate the legitimate cloud backend without detection. No public exploit code has been identified and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, but a vendor advisory with remediation guidance was published on 2026-03-31 as referenced by JPCERT.
RemediationAI
The primary remediation is to apply the firmware update referenced in the vendor advisory at https://robot.hellohas.co.jp/news/update_20260331/ (published 2026-03-31), which is expected to introduce proper server certificate validation in MQTT communications. An exact patched firmware version number was not independently confirmed from the available input data, so users should consult the advisory directly for the specific version to target. As a compensating control where firmware updates cannot be applied immediately, isolating affected devices on a dedicated IoT VLAN with egress traffic filtered to the legitimate Ecovacs cloud MQTT broker endpoints reduces the window for MitM interception, though this does not fix the underlying validation flaw. Blocking devices from connecting to untrusted Wi-Fi networks and ensuring home routers use WPA3 or WPA2 with strong credentials reduces the probability of local network compromise as a precursor step. The JPCERT advisory at https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU92804348/ may provide additional mitigation guidance.
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MQTT (Message Queuing Telemetry Transport) is a lightweight publish-subscribe protocol widely used in IoT devices for cloud connectivity. CWE-295 (Improper Certificate Validation) means the affected firmware does not perform proper TLS/SSL certificate chain verification during MQTT broker connections - specifically failing to authenticate the server identity. The affected products, cpe:2.3:a:ecovacs_robotics:deebot_pro_m1 and cpe:2.3:a:ecovacs_robotics:deebot_pro_k1vac (all versions per CPE wildcards), use MQTT to relay device telemetry and operational data to cloud infrastructure. Without certificate pinning or proper CA validation, any party able to intercept the network path can present a self-signed or attacker-controlled certificate and the device will proceed with the connection, exposing plaintext or decrypted MQTT payloads containing operation and activity log data.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Network-reachable MitM attack with no auth required, but AC:H for required positioning; C:H for log data; I:L for traffic manipulation; A:N as device function is unaffected.
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CVSS VectorVendor: jpcert
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1DescriptionCVE.org
DEEBOT PRO M1 and DEEBOT PRO K1VAC do not validate server certificates in MQTT communications. Operation logs and activity logs stored on the affected products may be retrieved.
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EUVD-2026-55111
GHSA-fpq4-v8rh-q68m
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