# CVE-2019-18263: Weak cryptography in Philips Veradius Unity, Pulsera, and Endura Dual WAN Router

> Philips medical routers use weak encryption, allowing attackers to potentially intercept or decrypt sensitive network traffic.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Dec 2019
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w5x6-5vgf-q5p4

## What is CVE-2019-18263?

CVE-2019-18263 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Philips Veradius Unity, Pulsera, and Endura Dual WAN Router, published on 20 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An issue was found in Philips Veradius Unity, Pulsera, and Endura Dual WAN Router, Veradius Unity (718132) with wireless option (shipped between 2016-August 2018), Veradius Unity (718132) with ViewForum option (shipped between 2016-August 2018), Pulsera (718095) and Endura (718075) with wireless option (shipped between 26-June-2017 through 07-August 2018), Pulsera (718095) and Endura (718075) with ViewForum option (shipped between 26-June-2017 through 07-August 2018). The router software uses an encryption scheme that is not strong enough for the level of protection required.

Weakness: CWE-326 (Inadequate Encryption Strength)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-18263?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Philips Endura Firmware, Philips Pulsera Firmware, Philips Veradius Unity Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-18263?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-18263 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-18263 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-18263 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-18263 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-18263 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Philips Veradius Unity, Pulsera, and Endura Dual WAN Router, published on 20 Dec 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-18263 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Philips Veradius Unity, Pulsera, and Endura Dual WAN Router. 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-2019-18263/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-18263/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-18263
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18263
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-18263

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