# CVE-2022-22766: BD Pyxis Products - Hardcoded Credentials

> Hardcoded credentials in BD Pyxis products allow attackers to access the file system and potentially decrypt sensitive health information.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** 11 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6j57-8pfh-4g36

## What is CVE-2022-22766?

CVE-2022-22766 is a high-severity vulnerability in Becton Dickinson (BD) BD Pyxis Anesthesia Station 4000, published on 11 Feb 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Hardcoded credentials are used in specific BD Pyxis products. If exploited, threat actors may be able to gain access to the underlying file system and could potentially exploit application files for information that could be used to decrypt application credentials or gain access to electronic protected health information (ePHI) or other sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-22766?

It affects 24 products.


Products: Bd Pyxis Anesthesia Station 4000 Firmware, Bd Pyxis Anesthesia Station Es Firmware, Bd Pyxis Cato Firmware, Bd Pyxis Ciisafe Firmware, Bd Pyxis Inventory Connect Firmware, Bd Pyxis Iv Prep Firmware, Bd Pyxis Jitrbud Firmware, Bd Pyxis Kanban Rf Firmware, Bd Pyxis Logistics Firmware, Bd Pyxis Med Link Family Firmware, Bd Pyxis Medbank Firmware, Bd Pyxis Medstation 4000 Firmware, Bd Pyxis Medstation Es Firmware, Bd Pyxis Medstation Es Server Firmware, Bd Pyxis Parassist Firmware, Bd Pyxis Pharmopack Firmware, Bd Pyxis Procedurestation Firmware, Bd Pyxis Rapid Rx Firmware, Bd Pyxis Stockstation Firmware, Bd Pyxis Supplycenter Firmware and 4 more.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-22766?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-22766 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-22766 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-22766 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-22766 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-22766 is a high-severity vulnerability in Becton Dickinson (BD) BD Pyxis Anesthesia Station 4000, published on 11 Feb 2022. 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-2022-22766 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Becton Dickinson (BD) BD Pyxis Anesthesia Station 4000. 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-2022-22766/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22766/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-22766
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-22766
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-22766

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-22766/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.