# CVE-2020-12035: Hardcoded credentials in Baxter PrismaFlex and PrisMax

> Hard-coded service password in Baxter PrismaFlex devices allows attackers to access and modify critical biomedical settings and calibration data.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 29 Jun 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g2x6-q2j8-7r2x

## What is CVE-2020-12035?

CVE-2020-12035 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Baxter PrismaFlex and PrisMax, published on 29 Jun 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Baxter PrismaFlex all versions, PrisMax all versions prior to 3.x, The PrismaFlex device contains a hard-coded service password that provides access to biomedical information, device settings, calibration settings, and network configuration. This could allow an attacker to modify device settings and calibration.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials), CWE-287 (Improper Authentication)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-12035?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Baxter Prismaflex Firmware, Baxter Prismax Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-12035?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-12035 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-12035 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-12035 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Baxter PrismaFlex and PrisMax

- [CVE-2020-12036](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12036/): Weak cryptography in Baxter PrismaFlex and PrisMax (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2020-12037](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12037/): Weak cryptography in Baxter PrismaFlex and PrisMax (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-12035 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-12035 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Baxter PrismaFlex and PrisMax, published on 29 Jun 2020. 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-2020-12035 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Baxter PrismaFlex and PrisMax. 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-2020-12035/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12035/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-12035
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12035
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-12035

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-12035/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.