# CVE-2022-26394: Unauthenticated network reconfiguration via TCP/UDP

> An attacker can perform a man-in-the-middle attack to modify network parameters and cause connection failures due to lack of mutual authentication.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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:** 9 Sep 2022
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cf6p-6fqm-mpw5

## What is CVE-2022-26394?

CVE-2022-26394 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Baxter Spectrum Wireless Battery Module (WBM), published on 9 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Baxter Spectrum WBM does not perform mutual authentication with the gateway server host. This may allow an attacker to perform a man in the middle attack that modifies parameters making the network connection fail.

Weakness: CWE-306 (Missing Authentication for Critical Functionality)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-26394?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Baxter Baxter Spectrum Iq 35700bax3 Firmware, Baxter Sigma Spectrum 35700bax2 Firmware, Baxter Sigma Spectrum 35700bax Firmware, Baxter Spectrum Wireless Battery Module Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-26394?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-26394 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-26394 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-26394 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Baxter Spectrum Wireless Battery Module (WBM)

- [CVE-2022-26393](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26393/): Format String vulnerability (medium 5.0)
- [CVE-2022-26390](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26390/): Unencrypted internal storage of security credentials (medium 4.2)
- [CVE-2022-26392](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26392/): Format String vulnerability (low 3.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-26394 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-26394 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Baxter Spectrum Wireless Battery Module (WBM), published on 9 Sep 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-2022-26394 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Baxter Spectrum Wireless Battery Module (WBM). 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-2022-26394/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26394/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-26394
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-26394
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-26394

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-26394/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.