A vulnerability that skips email ownership verification for account registration in ZTE SmartLife APP

published 2026-09-20 last mo. modified 2026-09-22 last mo. also EUVD-2026-83648

cvss: 5.4; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: last mo. (2026-09-21)

Exploit prediction

0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	5.4	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L

Affected products

ZTE SmartLife

Classification

Weakness

CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

support.zte.com.cn /zte-iccp-isupport-webui/bulletin/detail/460174866982102946

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-86552
NVD CVE-2026-86552

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