FKIE_CVE-2023-1968

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2023-04-28 19:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 05:29
Severity
10.0 (Critical) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Instruments with Illumina Universal Copy Service v2.x are vulnerable due to binding to an unrestricted IP address. An unauthenticated malicious actor could use UCS to listen on all IP addresses, including those capable of accepting remote communications.
References
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttps://support.illumina.com/downloads/illumina-universal-copy-service-1-0.htmlVendor Advisory
ics-cert@hq.dhs.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-23-117-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://support.illumina.com/downloads/illumina-universal-copy-service-1-0.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-23-117-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
illumina iscan_firmware 4.0.0
illumina iscan_firmware 4.0.5
illumina iscan -
illumina iseq_100_firmware *
illumina iseq_100 -
illumina miniseq_firmware *
illumina miniseq -
illumina miseq_firmware *
illumina miseq -
illumina miseqdx_firmware *
illumina miseqdx_firmware 4.0
illumina miseqdx -
illumina nextseq_500_firmware 4.0
illumina nextseq_500 -
illumina nextseq_550_firmware 4.0
illumina nextseq_550 -
illumina nextseq_550dx_firmware *
illumina nextseq_550dx_firmware *
illumina nextseq_550dx_firmware 4.0
illumina nextseq_550dx -
illumina nextseq_1000_firmware 1.4.1
illumina nextseq_1000 -
illumina nextseq_2000_firmware 1.4.1
illumina nextseq_2000 -
illumina novaseq_6000_firmware *
illumina novaseq_6000_firmware 1.8
illumina novaseq_6000 -
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