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Hospira MedNet before 6.1 uses hardcoded cryptographic...

Moderate severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Nov 3, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

Hospira MedNet before 6.1 uses hardcoded cryptographic keys for protection of data transmission from infusion pumps, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Apr 3, 2015
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Nov 3, 2025

Severity

Moderate

EPSS score

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

This score estimates the probability of this vulnerability being exploited within the next 30 days. Data provided by FIRST.
(71st percentile)

Weaknesses

Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

The product uses a hard-coded, unchangeable cryptographic key. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2014-5403

GHSA ID

GHSA-7fj9-wg8v-v4f2

Source code

No known source code

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