# CVE-2024-9832: No limit on failed login attempts with Clinician Password or Serial Number Clinician Password on Life2000 Ventilator

> Attackers can brute-force clinician passwords on Life2000 ventilators due to missing login attempt limits, gaining unauthorized access to modify settings or view data.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/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:** 14 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 18 Nov 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pggr-pwr5-55f8

## What is CVE-2024-9832?

CVE-2024-9832 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Baxter Life2000 Ventilation System, published on 14 Nov 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

There is no limit on the number of failed login attempts permitted with the Clinician Password or the Serial Number Clinician Password. An attacker could execute a brute-force attack to gain unauthorized access to the ventilator, and then make changes to device settings that could disrupt the function of the device and/or result in unauthorized information disclosure.

Weakness: CWE-307 (Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9832?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-9832?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9832 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9832 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9832 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9832 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9832 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability in Baxter Life2000 Ventilation System, published on 14 Nov 2024. 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-2024-9832 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Baxter Life2000 Ventilation System. 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-2024-9832/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9832/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9832
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9832
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9832

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9832/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.