# CVE-2020-25179: Information disclosure in GE Healthcare Imaging and Ultrasound Products

> Attackers can intercept network traffic to expose specific credentials from GE Healthcare imaging and ultrasound devices.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Dec 2020
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c5fc-m7pj-4vv5

## What is CVE-2020-25179?

CVE-2020-25179 is a critical vulnerability in GE Healthcare Imaging and Ultrasound Products, published on 14 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

GE Healthcare Imaging and Ultrasound Products may allow specific credentials to be exposed during transport over the network.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor), CWE-497 (Exposure of Sensitive System Information to an Unauthorized Control Sphere)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-25179?

It affects 112 products.


Products: Gehealthcare 1.5t Brivo Mr355 Firmware, Gehealthcare 3.0t Signa Hd 16 Firmware, Gehealthcare 3.0t Signa Hd 23 Firmware, Gehealthcare 3.0t Signa Hdxt Firmware, Gehealthcare Amx 700 Firmware, Gehealthcare Brightspeed Edge Firmware, Gehealthcare Brightspeed Edge Select Firmware, Gehealthcare Brightspeed Elite Firmware, Gehealthcare Brightspeed Elite Select Firmware, Gehealthcare Brivo Ct385 Firmware, Gehealthcare Brivo Definiu Firmware, Gehealthcare Brivo Nm 615 Firmware, Gehealthcare Brivo Xr118 Firmware, Gehealthcare Brivo Xr383 Firmware, Gehealthcare Brivo Xr515 Firmware, Gehealthcare Brivo Xr575 Firmware, Gehealthcare Definium 5000 Firmware, Gehealthcare Definium 6000 Firmware, Gehealthcare Definium 8000 Firmware, Gehealthcare Discovery Ct590rt Firmware and 92 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2020-25179?

No fix has been published for CVE-2020-25179 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2020-25179 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in GE Healthcare Imaging and Ultrasound Products

- [CVE-2020-25175](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25175/): Information disclosure in GE Healthcare Imaging and Ultrasound Products (critical 9.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2020-25179 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2020-25179 is a critical vulnerability in GE Healthcare Imaging and Ultrasound Products, published on 14 Dec 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-25179 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: GE Healthcare Imaging and Ultrasound Products. 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-2020-25179/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-25179/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-25179
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-25179
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-25179

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