CVE-2022-29856

HIGH

Automation360 22 - Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2022-29856. PoCs published by Flo451.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This PoC demonstrates the decryption of encrypted data related to CVE-2022-29856, a vulnerability in a robotics system. It uses AES/CBC/PKCS5PADDING with a hardcoded key and IV to decrypt a Base64-encoded input file.

Description

A hardcoded cryptographic key in Automation360 22 allows an attacker to decrypt exported RPA packages.

Exploits (1)

nomisec WORKING POC
by Flo451 · poc
https://github.com/Flo451/CVE-2022-29856-PoC

This PoC demonstrates the decryption of encrypted data related to CVE-2022-29856, a vulnerability in a robotics system. It uses AES/CBC/PKCS5PADDING with a hardcoded key and IV to decrypt a Base64-encoded input file.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Info Leak
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Unknown robotics system (likely related to AAbot)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Encrypted file (AAbot_b64_encrypted.txt)
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Product, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://www.automationanywhere.com/products/automation-360
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://dolosgroup.io/blog

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0155
EPSS Percentile 72.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-798
Status published
Products (1)
automationanywhere/automation_360 22
Published Apr 29, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026