CVE-2018-17178

low-risk
Published 2018-09-18

An issue was discovered on Neato Botvac Connected 2.2.0 devices. They execute unauthenticated manual drive commands (sent to /bin/webserver on port 8081) if they already have an active session. Commands like forward, back, arc-left, arc-right, pivot-left, and pivot-right are executed even though the web socket replies with { "message" : "invalid authorization header" }. Without an active session, commands are still interpreted, but (except for eco-on and eco-off) have no effect, since without active driving, a driving direction does not change anything.

Do I need to act?

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0.10% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.3/10 Medium
ADJACENT_NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (5)

Botvac D4 Connected Firmware
Botvac D6 Connected Firmware
Botvac D5 Connected Firmware
Botvac D7 Connected Firmware
Botvac D3 Connected Firmware

Affected Vendors

26
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low-risk
Severity 14/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 12/34 · Low