CVE-2018-18638
A command injection vulnerability in the setup API in the Neato Botvac Connected 2.2.0 allows network attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the ntp field within JSON data to the /robot/initialize endpoint.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A command injection vulnerability in the setup API in the Neato Botvac Connected 2.2.0 allows network attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the ntp field within JSON data to the /robot/initialize endpoint.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.1 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.83% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-78
- Affected
- neatorobotics/botvac connected firmware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.8% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/about-us/newsroom-and-events/blog/2018/march/security-in-a-vacuum-hacking-the-neato-botvac-connected-part-1/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.nccgroup.trust/us/about-us/newsroom-and-events/blog/2018/march/security-in-a-vacuum-hacking-the-neato-botvac-connected-part-1/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.