CVE-2024-10476 Hardcoded credentials in BD BACTEC™ Blood Culture System
Attackers can use default credentials to access, modify, or delete sensitive medical data and disrupt system availability in BD diagnostic products.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-10476?
CVE-2024-10476 is a high-severity vulnerability in Becton Dickinson & Co BD BACTEC™ Blood Culture System, published on 17 Dec 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Default credentials are used in the above listed BD Diagnostic Solutions products. If exploited, threat actors may be able to access, modify or delete data, including sensitive information such as protected health information (PHI) and personally identifiable information (PII). Exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker to shut down or otherwise impact the availability of the system. Note: BD Synapsys™ Informatics Solution is only in scope of this vulnerability when installed on a NUC server. BD Synapsys™ Informatics Solution installed on a customer-provided virtual machine or on the BD Kiestra™ SCU hardware is not in scope.
Weakness: CWE-1392
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10476?
How do I fix CVE-2024-10476?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10476 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2024-10476 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10476 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-2qgh-37rm-mv6x.