# CVE-2018-19441: An issue was discovered in Neato Botvac Connected 2.2.0.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2020-01-27 · Updated: 2024-08-05

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

An issue was discovered in Neato Botvac Connected 2.2.0. The GenerateRobotPassword function of the NeatoCrypto library generates insufficiently random numbers for robot secret_key values used for local and cloud authentication/authorization. If an attacker knows the serial number and is able to estimate the time of first provisioning of a robot, he is able to brute force the generated secret_key of the robot. This is because the entropy of the secret_key exclusively relies on these two values, due to not seeding the random generator and using several constant inputs for secret_key computation. Serial numbers are printed on the packaging and equal the MAC address of the robot.

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## References

- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5nj7Jhwn9c
- https://www.usenix.org/system/files/woot19-paper_ullrich.pdf

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