CVE-2018-14786
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) Alaris Plus medical syringe pumps (models Alaris GS, Alaris GH, Alaris CC, and Alaris TIVA) versions 2.3.6 and prior are affected by an improper authentication vulnerability where the software does not perform…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.06%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) Alaris Plus medical syringe pumps (models Alaris GS, Alaris GH, Alaris CC, and Alaris TIVA) versions 2.3.6 and prior are affected by an improper authentication vulnerability where the software does not perform authentication for functionality that requires a provable user identity, where it may allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to various Alaris Syringe pumps and impact the intended operation of the pump when it is connected to a terminal server via the serial port.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.4 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.06% probability · 88th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-287
- Affected
- bd/alaris gs firmware · bd/alaris gh firmware · bd/alaris cc firmware · bd/alaris tiva firmware
- Source
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS 3.1% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.bd.com/en-us/support/product-security-and-privacy/product-security-bulletin-for-various-alaris-plus-syringe-pumps-sold-and-in-use-outside-the-united-statesVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105147Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-235-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.bd.com/en-us/support/product-security-and-privacy/product-security-bulletin-for-various-alaris-plus-syringe-pumps-sold-and-in-use-outside-the-united-statesVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105147Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-235-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.