CVE-2024-48971
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedThe Clinician Password and Serial Number Clinician Password are hard-coded into the ventilator in plaintext form. This could allow an attacker to obtain the password off the ventilator and use it to gain unauthorized access to the device, with clinician privileges.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceHardcoded plaintext clinician passwords and serial numbers are embedded in the ventilator firmware. An attacker who obtains these credentials can authenticate to the device with clinician-level privileges, potentially gaining control over ventilator settings and operation.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify ventilator devices in your environmentReview network scans, asset inventories, or device logs to catalog all medical ventilator devices. Note the manufacturer, model number, and network location of each device.Affected if Ventilator devices from any manufacturer are present on the network
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Determine firmware version of each ventilatorAccess the device management interface, web UI, or clinical software. Check the firmware version reported in system information, about pages, or device diagnostics. Record the exact version string.Affected if Firmware version cannot be determined or differs from vendor-published fixed versions
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Consult vendor security advisory for CVE-2024-48971Check the ventilator manufacturer's website, security advisory page, or contact support directly. Ask whether this CVE applies to your specific device model and firmware version.Affected if Vendor confirms the model and firmware version are affected by this CVE, or no patch is available yet
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Assess network exposure of ventilator devicesReview firewall rules, network segments, and access control lists to determine if the ventilator management interfaces are accessible from untrusted networks, the internet, or unauthorized VLANs.Affected if Ventilator management or clinical interfaces are reachable from outside the clinical network or from unauthorized systems
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Audit for signs of unauthorized access or credential exposureReview device logs, authentication logs, and clinical system audit trails for unexpected clinician logins, configuration changes, or credential dumping attempts. Check if firmware images are accessible on shared network storage.Affected if Logs show unauthorized clinician-level access, or firmware files with embedded credentials are found in accessible locations
Your environment is affected if you operate ventilator devices with firmware confirmed by the vendor to contain hardcoded credentials, particularly if the devices are network-accessible beyond the clinical network segment.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataVendor should release firmware update removing hardcoded credentials and implementing proper credential storage (e.g., salted hashing). Until then, network segmentation and access controls should be enforced to limit exposure of the device.
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- Implementation16.0 h
- Testing12.0 h
- Review / QA8.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-48971 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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