CVE-2022-1524 affects Illumina's Local Run Manager (LRM) versions 2.4 and lower, along with several Illumina genetic analysis devices, due to a lack of TLS encryption. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) attack, intercepting sensitive data, including credentials, with high confidentiality impact. While the CVSS score is 5.9 (Medium) with high attack complexity, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog. Despite the absence of active exploitation, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity landscape.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.3, <= 3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:illumina:local_run_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.