GE Xeleris versions 1.0,1.1,2.1,3.0,3.1, medical imaging systems, all current versions are affected, these devices use default or hard-code…

published 2018-03-20 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-5521

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.9%; EPSS 1.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits: 0; none known

GE Xeleris versions 1.0,1.1,2.1,3.0,3.1, medical imaging systems, all current versions are affected, these devices use default or hard-coded credentials. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to the affected devices.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSMA-18-037-02 updated 2018-03-13 cvss 9.8

GE Medical Devices Vulnerability

GE Healthcare Xeleris 1.0 GE Healthcare Xeleris 1.1 GE Healthcare Xeleris 2.1 GE Healthcare Xeleris 3.0 GE Healthcare Xeleris 3.1
affected: mitigation “GE Healthcare provides updates on vulnerability management and other security information at the following URL: http://www3.gehealthcare.com/en/support/security”

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

1.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected products

GE Healthcare GE Xeleris

Classification

Weakness

CWE-287 Improper Authentication
CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSMA-18-037-02
mitigation, third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2017-14006
NVD CVE-2017-14006

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Summary