CVE-2018-17178

lowpriority · track · 21OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.007 · 52 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.68% (52nd) EPSS

CVSS 2.9 · low

Is it mine?

6 products

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Who says so?

3 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

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.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

5.3

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.9–5.3

v2.02.9lowAV:A/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 5.5 · impact 2.9

v3.15.3mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.6 · impact 3.6

v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-306USLLM-inferred

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
neatorobotics botvac d3 connected firmware= 2.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:neatorobotics:botvac_d3_connected_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
neatorobotics botvac d4 connected firmware= 2.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:neatorobotics:botvac_d4_connected_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
neatorobotics botvac d5 connected firmware= 2.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:neatorobotics:botvac_d5_connected_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
neatorobotics botvac d6 connected firmware= 2.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:neatorobotics:botvac_d6_connected_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
neatorobotics botvac d7 connected firmware= 2.2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:neatorobotics:botvac_d7_connected_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-09-18modified 2026-06-17

references (3)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://media.ccc.de/v/2018-124-pinky-brain-are-taking-over-the-world-with-vacuum-cleaners cnnvd
https://media.ccc.de/v/2018-124-pinky-brain-are-taking-over-the-world-with-vacuum-cleaners enisa_euvd
https://media.ccc.de/v/2018-124-pinky-brain-are-taking-over-the-world-with-vacuum-cleanersExploitTechnical DescriptionThird Party Advisorynvd

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