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CVE-2023-1968

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-1968 affects Illumina Universal Copy Service v2.x, found in various Illumina instruments, due to its binding to an unrestricted IP address. This allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely access the service, potentially leading to unauthorized information disclosure. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity and requires no user interaction. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating high awareness.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:illumina:iscan_firmware:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:illumina:iscan_firmware:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:illumina:iseq_100_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:illumina:miniseq_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:illumina:miseq_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

10.0CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.0
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
76.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0181 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

support.illumina.com / downloads/illumina-universal-copy-service-1-0.html
Vendor Advisory
cisa.gov / news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-23-117-01
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource