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CVE-2020-16238 json

B. Braun SpaceCom, Battery Pack SP with Wi-Fi, and Data module compactplus

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2020-8204

cvss
6.7
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in the configuration import mechanism of the B. Braun Melsungen AG SpaceCom Version L81/U61 and earlier, and the Data module compactplus Versions A10 and A11 allows attackers with command line access to the underlying Linux system to escalate privileges to the root user.

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Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSMA-20-296-02 updated cvss 6.7

B. Braun SpaceCom, Battery Pack SP with Wi-Fi, and Data module compactplus

  • B. Braun Medical Battery pack with Wi-Fi <= U61, <= L81 B. Braun Medical Data module compactplus A10, A11 B. Braun Medical SpaceCom <= U61, <= L81
    affected: vendor fix, mitigation “Wireless networks should be implemented using industry standard encryption and should be equipped with intrusion detection systems (IDS) and/or intrusion prevention systems (IPS).” bbraun.com

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last yr.

Exploit prediction

0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 6.7 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • B. Braun Melsungen AG SpaceCom
  • B. Braun Melsungen AG Battery pack with Wi-Fi
  • B. Braun Melsungen AG Data module compactplus

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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