CVE detail
CVE-2023-1968
Instruments with Illumina Universal Copy Service v2.x are vulnerable due to binding to an unrestricted IP address. An unauthenticated malicious actor could use UCS to listen on all IP addresses, including those capable of accepting remote communications.
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Buzz score components · mention 13.9 · diversity 8.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 0.0 · PoC 0.0
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Evidence
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In highlighting vulnerabilities in a widely used DNA gene sequencing device, security researchers have brought further attention to the likely poor state of security in the medical device industry, where hardware and firmware development is often outsourced to external equipment manufacturers under questionable support contracts. The device, Illumina’s iSeq 100 compact DNA sequencer, is used […]
newswww.csoonline.comJan 8, 2025, 9:48 PM- CISA warns of a critical flaw affecting Illumina medical devicesSecurity Affairs
U.S. CISA released an Industrial Control Systems (ICS) medical advisory warning of a critical flaw affecting Illumina medical devices. The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has released an Industrial Control Systems (ICS) medical advisory warning of vulnerabilities that could allow an attacker to take any action at the operating system level. The issues […]
newssecurityaffairs.comApr 29, 2023, 9:37 AM FDA and CISA notify healthcare providers about a component used by several Illumina medical devices being affected by serious vulnerabilities that can allow remote hacking.
newswww.securityweek.comApr 28, 2023, 11:33 AM
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