# CVE-2020-16198: Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform Protection Mechanism Failure

> Attackers can bypass authentication by falsely claiming an identity due to insufficient verification in the Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **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:** 18 Sep 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r4mh-c83r-pv4f

## What is CVE-2020-16198?

CVE-2020-16198 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform, published on 18 Sep 2020. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

When an attacker claims to have a given identity, 

Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform, Versions 12.2.1 and prior, 
does not prove or insufficiently proves the claim is correct.

Weakness: CWE-693 (Protection Mechanism Failure)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-16198?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-16198?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-16198 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-16198 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-16198 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform

- [CVE-2020-16247](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16247/): Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform Configuration (medium 6.8)
- [CVE-2025-27953](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27953/): Command injection in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-27954](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27954/): Command injection in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-27955](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-27955/): Security feature bypass in n/a (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2020-16200](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16200/): Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform Algorithm Downgrade (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-16198 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-16198 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform, published on 18 Sep 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-2020-16198 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Philips Clinical Collaboration Platform. 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-2020-16198/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-16198/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-16198
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-16198
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-16198

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