{"id":"CVE-2023-1968","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2023-1968","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:48:02.380Z","title":"Instruments with Illumina Universal Copy Service v2.x are vulnerable due to binding to an unrestricted IP address.","description":"\nInstruments 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","published":"2023-04-28T19:15:17.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:29:10.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["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"],"epss":{"score":0.01812,"percentile":0.78485,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://support.illumina.com/downloads/illumina-universal-copy-service-1-0.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-23-117-01","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov"},{"url":"https://support.illumina.com/downloads/illumina-universal-copy-service-1-0.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-23-117-01","tags":["Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1968","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}