# CVE-2025-14096: Credential Disclosure vulnerability in Radiometer Products

> Attackers with physical access can extract credentials from Radiometer medical analyzers due to insufficient OS protection, requiring local vendor contact for resolution.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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:** 17 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 17 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-h5qw-42jq-7cmh

## What is CVE-2025-14096?

CVE-2025-14096 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radiometer Medical Aps ABL800 BASIC and ABL800 FLEX analyzers, published on 17 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability exists in multiple Radiometer products that allow an attacker with physical access to the analyzer possibility to extract credential information. The vulnerability is due to a weakness in the design and insufficient credential protection in operating system.

Other related CVE's are CVE-2025-14095 & CVE-2025-14097.

Affected customers have been informed about this vulnerability. This CVE is being published to provide transparency.

Required Configuration for Exposure:

Attacker requires physical access to the analyzer.

Temporary work Around:
Only authorized people can physically access the analyzer.

Permanent solution:
Local Radiometer representatives will contact all affected customers to discuss a permanent solution.

Exploit Status:

Researchers have provided a working proof-of-concept (PoC). Radiometer is not aware of any public exploit code at the time of this publication.

Weakness: CWE-798 (Use of Hard-coded Credentials), CWE-250 (Execution with Unnecessary Privileges)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-14096?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-14096?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-14096 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-14096 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-14096 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-14096 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-14096 is a high-severity vulnerability in Radiometer Medical Aps ABL800 BASIC and ABL800 FLEX analyzers, published on 17 Dec 2025. 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-2025-14096 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Radiometer Medical Aps ABL800 BASIC and ABL800 FLEX analyzers. 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-2025-14096/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14096/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-14096
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-14096
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-14096

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-14096/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.