What is CVE-2018-18638?

CVE-2018-18638 is a high-severity vulnerability in Neatorobotics Botvac Connected, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-10-24.

How severe is CVE-2018-18638?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

RCE in Neatorobotics Botvac Connected

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.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.028 (85.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Neatorobotics Botvac_connected
Neatorobotics Botvac_connected_firmware — versions 2.2.0
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-78 — OS Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-18638?: CVE-2018-18638 is a high-severity vulnerability in Neatorobotics Botvac Connected, classified under OS Command Injection. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2018-10-24.
How severe is CVE-2018-18638?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.