# AL-KO Robolinho exposes hardcoded AWS credentials

Published: 2026-03-30 · Severity: high
Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/16cff460-9b9b-5e1a-bae4-5bcfed4e6be2/al-ko-robolinho-exposes-hardcoded-aws-credentials

> AL-KO Robolinho Update Software contains hardcoded AWS access keys (CVE-2026-1612) allowing unauthorized bucket access; vendor unresponsive to disclosure.

CERT Polska has disclosed CVE-2026-1612, a vulnerability in AL-KO Robolinho Update Software that contains hardcoded AWS Access and Secret keys. These credentials allow unauthorized access to AL-KO's AWS S3 bucket, potentially granting attackers greater access than the application itself. The hardcoded keys provide at least read access to objects stored in the bucket.

The vulnerability was identified in version 8.0.21.0610, though other versions have not been tested and may also be affected. Despite early notification through responsible disclosure procedures, AL-KO did not respond to CERT Polska's vulnerability report. The issue was discovered by security researcher Piotr Ptaszek and coordinated through CERT Polska's vulnerability disclosure process.

This represents a significant security failure in credential management practices, as hardcoded cloud credentials can enable unauthorized data access, potential data exfiltration, and lateral movement within cloud infrastructure. Organizations using AL-KO Robolinho products should assess their exposure and monitor for unauthorized access to associated AWS resources.

## Mentioned in this report

- Vulnerabilities: CVE-2026-1612

## Detection guidance (public sample)

### Command-Line Search for Hardcoded AWS Credentials in Local Application Files

ATT&CK: T1552.001

Detects use of text-search utilities (findstr, grep, Select-String) to locate AWS access/secret key patterns inside locally installed application files, consistent with post-exploitation harvesting of hardcoded cloud credentials such as those found in vulnerable AL-KO Robolinho installations. Auto-generated starting point — validate and tune in your environment before deploying. IOC matches can false-positive on shared infrastructure and decay as adversary infrastructure rotates.

```yaml
title: Local Search for Hardcoded AWS Access Keys in Application Files
id: c161d13b-d5f4-581d-b799-6bfa043c52b4
status: experimental
description: 'Detects command-line utilities being used to search local files (installer
  directories, config files, jars) for AWS credential patterns such as ''AKIA'', ''aws_secret_access_key''
  or ''aws_access_key_id''. This behaviour is consistent with an attacker or researcher
  harvesting hardcoded cloud credentials embedded in vulnerable applications (e.g.
  CVE-2026-1612 AL-KO Robolinho).

  '
references:
- CERT Polska CVE-2026-1612 advisory
author: Vorant
tags:
- attack.credential-access
- attack.t1552.001
logsource:
  category: process_creation
  product: windows
detection:
  selection_tools:
    Image|endswith:
    - \findstr.exe
    - \powershell.exe
    - \pwsh.exe
    - \grep.exe
    - \rg.exe
  selection_pattern:
    CommandLine|contains:
    - AKIA
    - aws_secret_access_key
    - aws_access_key_id
    - AWS_SECRET
    - SecretAccessKey
  filter_dev_tools:
    CommandLine|contains:
    - .git
    - node_modules
  condition: selection_tools and selection_pattern and not filter_dev_tools
falsepositives:
- Developers or admins grepping their own source code repositories for AWS key references
  during legitimate credential rotation
- Security scanning tools (e.g. secret-scanners) run intentionally by the blue team
  against installed software
level: medium
```

Behavioural rules are generated from public reporting — validate in your environment before deploying.

Source reporting: https://cert.pl/en/posts/2026/03/CVE-2026-1612

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