Amazon Echo Dot devices through 2021-07-02 sometimes allow attackers, who have physical…
Priority LOW 19Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Amazon Echo Dot devices through 2021-07-02 sometimes allow attackers, who have physical access to a device after a factory reset, to obtain sensitive information via a series of complex hardware and software attacks. NOTE: reportedly, there were vendor marketing statements about safely removing personal content via a factory reset. Also, the vendor has reportedly indicated that they are working on mitigations.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00284 21st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2021-37436
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-6gjm-vrf7-xg3w
References
Advisory 4
- https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/07/passwords-in-amazon-echo-dots-live-on-even-after-you-factory-reset-them/
- https://dl.acm.org/doi/pdf/10.1145/3448300.3467820
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27943730
- https://www.cpomagazine.com/data-privacy/is-it-possible-to-make-iot-devices-private-amazon-echo-dot-does-not-wipe-personal-content-after-factory-reset/
More AWS Echo Dot Firmware vulnerabilities
- TI-2022-09379 Improper Neutralization of audio output from 3rd and 4th Generation Amazon Echo Dot… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2018-08275 Prior to 2018-04-27, the reprompt feature in Amazon Echo devices could be misused by a… CVSS 3.0LOW 3.3
Sources
- CVE-2021-37436 · CVE Program
- CVE-2021-37436 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-6gjm-vrf7-xg3w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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