# CVE-2018-11567: Information disclosure in n/a

> Malicious Alexa skills can exploit reprompt features to capture and log unintended speech transcripts from the device's environment.

- **Severity:** Low 3.3 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 30 May 2018
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-vjfx-9v82-g36p

## What is CVE-2018-11567?

CVE-2018-11567 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 May 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Prior to 2018-04-27, the reprompt feature in Amazon Echo devices could be misused by a custom Alexa skill. The reprompt feature is designed so that if Alexa does not receive an input within 8 seconds, the device can speak a reprompt, then wait an additional 8 seconds for input; if the user still does not respond, the microphone is then turned off. The vulnerability involves empty output-speech reprompts, custom wildcard ("gibberish") input slots, and logging of detected speech. If a maliciously designed skill is installed, an attacker could obtain transcripts of speech not intended for Alexa to process, but simply spoken within the device's hearing range. NOTE: The vendor states "Customer trust is important to us and we take security and privacy seriously. We have put mitigations in place for detecting this type of skill behavior and reject or suppress those skills when we do. Customers do not need to take any action for these mitigations to work.

Weakness: CWE-384 (Session Fixation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11567?

It affects 5 products.


Products: Amazon Echo Dot Firmware, Amazon Echo Firmware, Amazon Echo Plus Firmware, Amazon Echo Show Firmware, Amazon Echo Spot Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-11567?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11567 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-11567 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11567 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2022-25809](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-25809/): Other in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-37436](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-37436/): Information disclosure in n/a (medium 4.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-11567 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-11567 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 May 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11567 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11567/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11567/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11567
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11567
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11567

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11567/
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