{"id":"CVE-2018-17178","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2018-17178","generatedAt":"2026-10-29T00:34:23.363Z","title":"They execute unauthenticated manual drive commands (sent to /bin/webserver on port 8081) if they already have an active session.","description":"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.","published":"2018-09-18T18:29:10.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:45:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N"},"cwe":[],"affected":["neatorobotics/botvac d4 connected firmware","neatorobotics/botvac d6 connected firmware","neatorobotics/botvac d5 connected firmware","neatorobotics/botvac d7 connected firmware","neatorobotics/botvac d3 connected firmware"],"epss":{"score":0.00675,"percentile":0.51987,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.68%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://media.ccc.de/v/2018-124-pinky-brain-are-taking-over-the-world-with-vacuum-cleaners","tags":["Exploit","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://media.ccc.de/v/2018-124-pinky-brain-are-taking-over-the-world-with-vacuum-cleaners","tags":["Exploit","Technical Description","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-17178","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}