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TVE-2026-01: Xiaomi miIO Protocol Authentication Bypass

An attacker sending malformed miIO messages over WiFi to a Xiaomi Smart camera device can trigger the vulnerability described here. This report describes a secure protocol design issue, which leads to authentication bypass in the proprietary Xiaomi miIO protocol. The vulnerability described in this advisory affects a potentially wide range of Xiaomi Smart devices. This vulnerability has not yet been issued a public patch or advisory or assigned a CVE by the vendor despite repeated requests and a lapse of more than six months since the original vendor disclosure. Vulnerability Details For packets received in UDP port 54321, the miio_client binary verifies the MAC and then decrypts the received packet.

Reference details

Source category
research-report
First reported
Mar 16, 2026 00:00 UTC
Last reported
Mar 16, 2026 00:00 UTC
Catalog updated
Oct 13, 2026 08:35 UTC
Record ID
a6c957371a1450daf1092c4e6398d33b707ae660a303ad526b260da40bca58da

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intelligence_src_350d40f2cc69277bca

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Evidence class
mentioned in report
Confidence
Not reported
Observed
Mar 16, 2026 00:00 UTC
Retrieved
Oct 13, 2026 08:35 UTC

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