Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate to Meari OpenAPI service
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ExploitEnumerate target device IDs
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ExecutionRequest device shadow via API
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ImpactExfiltrate credentials and telemetry
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | The attacker must possess valid credentials for the Meari IoT Cloud Platform OpenAPI Service (PR:L - any authenticated OpenAPI account, including a single legitimate device owner or registered developer); no further special configuration, feature flag, or non-default deployment mode is required, as the missing authorization check is inherent to the device-shadow endpoint's default behavior. The attacker must also know or be able to enumerate the target device IDs. Limiting factors: exploitation requires authentication (not anonymous/pre-auth), and value depends on the attacker obtaining or guessing valid device IDs; there is no user interaction requirement and no reliance on victim misconfiguration, so once authenticated the attack works against the service as shipped. |
| Impact | This is a genuine, moderately-high-priority confidentiality issue rather than a theoretical high-CVSS finding, but it is gated by one key prerequisite. The provided CVSS 4.0 vector (7.1, High) shows network attack (AV:N), low complexity (AC:L), no attack requirements (AT:N), low privileges (PR:L - i.e. an authenticated OpenAPI account), no user interaction (UI:N), and a confidentiality-only impact (VC:H / VI:N / VA:N) with no subsequent-system impact. The core weakness (CWE-862, Missing Authorization) is a classic IDOR: any authenticated caller can retrieve any device's shadow by supplying its device ID, which makes the flaw highly automatable (an attacker can iterate device IDs programmatically to harvest data at scale). No EPSS score, SSVC decision block, KEV entry, or public POC is present in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation - the signals do not conflict, they are simply incomplete. The main factor elevating real-world concern beyond the raw score is the nature of the leaked data: exposed device credentials and network data could enable downstream device compromise even though this CVE itself scores no integrity/availability impact. Net: a real priority for anyone relying on this platform's privacy guarantees, tempered by the need for a valid account and the absence of any exploitation-probability data (EPSS/SSVC missing - cannot quantify likelihood). |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker who holds a valid low-privilege Meari OpenAPI account (e.g. a registered developer or a single legitimate device owner) scripts requests against the device-shadow endpoint, iterating through or enumerating device IDs they do not own. Because the service never checks the requester-to-device relationship, each request returns another device's credentials, owner details, network data, and telemetry, enabling bulk harvesting. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis, but the flaw is trivially scriptable given the low attack complexity. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 02, 2026
Authenticated users of the Meari IoT Cloud Platform OpenAPI Service can retrieve the complete device shadow of any device on the platform simply by supplying that device's ID, because the service performs no ownership or authorization check on the request (CWE-862 Missing Authorization); CVSS 4.0 base score 7.1, assessed as CVSS 3.1 7.1 with high confidentiality impact and no integrity or availability impact. The attacker must hold valid credentials for the OpenAPI Service - the vector is PR:L, so any single legitimate device owner or registered developer account qualifies - and must know or be able to enumerate target device IDs; no user interaction or special configuration is required. Exposed data includes device credentials, owner details, network configuration, and telemetry, so a successful read can enable device takeover and account enumeration. Reporting comes from CISA ICS-CERT (ICSA-26-274-06); no public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV, though the low-complexity, network-reachable nature of the flaw makes follow-on abuse plausible.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch was identified in the available data at time of analysis, so operators should treat this as a service-side fix that must come from Meari and monitor the vendor download center (https://www.meari.com/en/downLoadCenter) and CISA advisory ICSA-26-274-06 (https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-274-06) for an updated service or SDK release; contact the vendor directly if you are an OEM/OEM-customer dependent on the platform. Because device shadows may already have been read, the highest-value compensating action is credential hygiene: rotate OpenAPI tokens, integration secrets, and any device credentials or provisioning keys that could have been exposed through shadow reads, accepting the trade-off of brief service interruption and device re-provisioning while trusting that the underlying access-control gap remains. Until a fix ships, constrain who can reach the API by allow-listing source IPs for OpenAPI traffic and disabling unused or dormant OpenAPI accounts - this breaks or complicates legitimate mobile and partner integrations that roam across untrusted networks - and add rate limiting plus alerting on sequential or high-volume device-ID lookups, which detects enumeration but does not prevent a determined authenticated attacker from reading shadows. Operators can also reduce blast radius by segmenting the IoT fleet onto an isolated VLAN with restricted outbound access, and by reviewing cloud logs for evidence that shadow data, particularly device credentials, has been accessed by unexpected principals; none of these controls repairs the missing per-device authorization check, so they should be viewed as temporary risk reduction rather than a substitute for the vendor fix.
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The affected component is the OpenAPI Service that fronts the Meari IoT Cloud Platform, a cloud backend used by Meari-branded and OEM/white-label IoT cameras and similar connected devices. The device shadow is the cloud-side digital-twin record for each device, holding credentials, owner/account linkage, network parameters, and telemetry - data that is normally restricted to the device's rightful owner. The root cause is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): the endpoint that returns the shadow is reachable by any authenticated OpenAPI caller and keys the lookup solely on the caller-supplied device ID, with no check that the authenticated principal is bound to that device, so an object-reference is trusted as proof of entitlement. Practically, this is a server-side access-control defect rather than a cryptographic or memory-safety bug; the CPE entry cpe:2.3:a:meari:iot_cloud_platform_openapi_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a wildcard version, indicating the authorization gap is inherent to the service's shipped behavior rather than tied to a single build, and the ICS-CERT advisory classification plus 'Authentication Bypass' tagging reflect that the flaw defeats the platform's intended per-device tenancy model. Because the same cloud back end typically supports mobile apps, partner integrations, and developer APIs, the missing check sits on an internet-exposed interface that is legitimately used in production.
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CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Remote API call (AV:N/AC:L) by any authenticated account (PR:L) with no interaction leaks other devices' data (C:H); no integrity or availability impact, authority unchanged so S:U.
Primary rating from Vendor (icscert).
CVSS VectorVendor: icscert
DescriptionCVE.org
The Meari IoT Cloud Platform OpenAPI Service is vulnerable to an authorization flaw that allows authenticated users to access the complete device shadow of any device by specifying its device ID. This vulnerability exposes sensitive information, such as device credentials, owner details, network data, and telemetry, without verifying any relationship between the requester and the target device.
Executive ViewAI
Meari IoT Cloud Platform OpenAPI Service contains a missing authorization vulnerability (CVE-2026-96613) that allows any authenticated user-such as a single device owner or registered developer-to retrieve the complete device shadow of any other device on the platform, exposing device credentials, owner details, network configuration, and telemetry. This flaw affects the entire customer base and can lead to unauthorized device takeover, account enumeration, and erosion of trust in the IoT ecosystem. Leadership should prioritize remediation because no vendor-released patch is available, meaning every device on the platform remains at risk until compensating controls are deployed.
No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include enforcing ownership-based authorization at an API gateway, restricting OpenAPI Service access to trusted networks/IPs, rotating device credentials, monitoring for device ID enumeration, and segmenting affected IoT devices.
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