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Shark robot vacuum flaw allows remote code execution via stolen certificate

S5 · 07/13
2026 · SharkNinja

Record

CompanySharkNinja
Categoryconsumer robotics
Typecyber
Date07/13
2026
Time of daynot documented
Locationno physical site (recall / fleet-wide / aggregate record)
SeverityS5 (fatality or catastrophic loss)
Scale-
Confidencemedium
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
SourceTom's Hardware / Cybernews / SC Media / CyberInsider

What happened

A vulnerability in overly permissive AWS IoT device-certificate policies let a certificate stolen from one Shark robot vacuum run arbitrary MQTT commands on other customers' devices, exposing live camera feeds, home maps, and Wi-Fi credentials across an estimated 673,816+ devices; patched by SharkNinja on July 20, 2026.

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