What is CVE-2024-12078?

CVE-2024-12078 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ecovacs Airbot Andy, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2025-01-23.

How severe is CVE-2024-12078?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Ecovacs Airbot Andy

CVE-2024-12078

ECOVACS robot lawn mowers and vacuums use a shared, static secret key to encrypt BLE GATT messages. An unauthenticated attacker within BLE range can control any robot using the same key.

Published 2025-01-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.003 (23.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 23rd percentile — 23.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-321 — Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

References

9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
9119a7d8-5eab-497f-8521-727c672e3725 (Exploit)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-12078?: CVE-2024-12078 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ecovacs Airbot Andy, classified under Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key. CVSS score: 6.3/10. Published 2025-01-23.
How severe is CVE-2024-12078?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.3 out of 10.