CVE-2023-1968

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS10.0
Exploit probability—
ProductIllumina Iscan Firmware
PublishedApr 28, 2023
First seenApr 28, 2023
Weakness typeCWE-1327CWE-1327

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
illumina iscan_firmware4.0.0, 4.0.5—
illumina iseq_100_firmwareNo range specified—
illumina miniseq_firmware2.0 ≤ v—
illumina miseq_firmware4.0 ≤ v—
illumina miseqdx_firmware4.0.1 ≤ v, 4.0—
illumina nextseq_500_firmware4.0—
illumina nextseq_550_firmware4.0—
illumina nextseq_550dx_firmware1.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.3.1, 1.3.3 ≤ v, 4.0—
illumina nextseq_1000_firmware1.4.1—
illumina nextseq_2000_firmware1.4.1—
illumina novaseq_6000_firmwarev ≤ 1.7, 1.8—

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