Vulnerability · Published Sep 20, 2026 · Assigned by zte
CVE-2026-86552A vulnerability that skips email ownership verification for account registration in ZTE SmartLife APP
Medium 5.4
In plain English
A medium-severity privilege mismanagement in SmartLife from ZTE. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 30% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code.
Official description
SmartLife app dynamically generates brand‑new SmartLife application authentication parameters at runtime. With the acquired SmartLife application authentication credentials, an attacker can directly complete registration using any arbitrary email address via the backend interface /account/person/signup.serv. Email ownership is not verified prior to registration.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-269 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L