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CVE-2018-14786

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2018-14786 describes an improper authentication vulnerability in Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) Alaris Plus medical syringe pumps (models Alaris GS, GH, CC, and TIVA) versions 2.3.6 and prior. This critical vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 9.4, allows a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access and impact pump operation when connected to a terminal server via the serial port. The attack requires no privileges or user interaction and has low attack complexity, leading to potential high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) has been identified, and community discussion is minimal, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 85/100 indicates significant potential risk.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:bd:alaris_gs_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:bd:alaris_gh_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:bd:alaris_cc_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 2.3.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:bd:alaris_tiva_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.4CRITICAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.5
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0306 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov / advisories/ICSMA-18-235-01
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
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-states
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/105147
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry