CVE-2023-1968
Instruments with Illumina Universal Copy Service v2.x are vulnerable due to binding to an unrestricted IP address.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.81%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.81% probability · 78th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-1327
- Affected
- illumina/iscan firmware · illumina/iseq 100 firmware · illumina/miniseq firmware · illumina/miseq firmware · illumina/miseqdx firmware · illumina/nextseq 500 firmware · illumina/nextseq 550 firmware · illumina/nextseq 550dx firmware · illumina/nextseq 1000 firmware · illumina/nextseq 2000 firmware · illumina/novaseq 6000 firmware
- Source
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov
EPSS 1.8% since 26 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
- https://support.illumina.com/downloads/illumina-universal-copy-service-1-0.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-23-117-01Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://support.illumina.com/downloads/illumina-universal-copy-service-1-0.htmlVendor Advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-23-117-01Third 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.