# CVE-2023-29061: Lack of Adequate BIOS Authentication

> Attackers with physical access can modify BIOS settings and boot order due to missing BIOS password protection on FACSChorus workstations.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H`)
- **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:** 28 Nov 2023
- **Updated:** 3 Jun 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5mf3-992w-8xcp

## What is CVE-2023-29061?

CVE-2023-29061 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) FACSChorus, published on 28 Nov 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

There is no BIOS password on the FACSChorus workstation. A threat actor with physical access to the workstation can potentially exploit this vulnerability to access the BIOS configuration and modify the drive boot order and BIOS pre-boot authentication.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-29061?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Bd Facschorus.

## How do I fix CVE-2023-29061?

No fix has been published for CVE-2023-29061 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2023-29061 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-29061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) FACSChorus

- [CVE-2023-29060](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29060/): Lack of USB Whitelisting (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2023-29064](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29064/): Hardcoded Secrets (medium 4.1)
- [CVE-2023-29065](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29065/): Overly Permissive Access Policy (medium 4.1)
- [CVE-2023-29062](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29062/): Unsecure Identity Verification (low 3.8)
- [CVE-2023-29066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29066/): Incorrect User Management (low 3.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-29061 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2023-29061 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) FACSChorus, published on 28 Nov 2023. 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-2023-29061 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) FACSChorus. 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-2023-29061/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29061/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-29061
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-29061
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2023-29061

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-29061/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.