CISA warns of CareCam CM2507 camera flaws
Seven vulnerabilities in CareCam CM2507 IP cameras allow unauthenticated video access, credential recovery, and code execution; vendor unresponsive to CISA.
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- Applies to
- The 7 CVEs named below. Whether you run an affected version is not assessed: check the versions the source lists.
- Exploitation
- No exploitation in the wild and no public exploit is recorded for the CVEs named.
CISA published an ICS advisory detailing seven vulnerabilities affecting CareCam CM2507 IP cameras running firmware HMT.CM2507 v251211.1507. The most severe issues include missing authentication on the network video streaming service (CVE-2026-88259), allowing any network-adjacent attacker to view live video without credentials, and an ONVIF management service that accepts empty passwords (CVE-2026-84398), exposing device, user, and stream configuration data. Additional flaws include an insufficiently protected debug/maintenance mechanism that can be made remotely accessible (CVE-2026-84400), an unauthenticated interactive bootloader reachable via physical debug interface (CVE-2026-85478), and automatic execution of unsigned scripts from removable media (CVE-2026-81305), enabling arbitrary code execution given physical access.
Two further weaknesses compound the risk: root-account passwords are stored using a legacy hash with weak resistance to offline cracking (CVE-2026-85497), and Wi-Fi credentials are stored in cleartext on the filesystem (CVE-2026-81321), potentially enabling lateral compromise of the local wireless network if a device is physically accessed or its firmware extracted. CareCam, headquartered in China, has not responded to CISA's coordination attempts, so no vendor patch or mitigation is currently available. The devices are deployed worldwide in the Commercial Facilities sector.
No public exploitation has been reported to CISA at this time. Because there is no vendor fix, defenders operating these cameras should treat them as untrusted network devices: isolate them from business networks and the internet, deny direct remote/VPN exposure, restrict physical access to prevent debug-interface and removable-media attacks, and monitor for unusual ONVIF, video-streaming, or debug-service connections. Given the range of impacts—from anonymous live-video access to full device compromise and credential recovery—organizations should prioritize network segmentation as the primary compensating control.
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Source reporting: https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/icsa-26-258-08
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