Privilege escalation in Illumina Iscan
CVE-2023-1966
Instruments with Illumina Universal Copy Service v1.x and v2.x contain an unnecessary privileges vulnerability. An unauthenticated malicious actor could upload and execute code remotely at the operating system level, which could allow an a…
EPSS: 0.009 (56.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.4 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Illumina Iscan
- Illumina Iscan Control Software — versions 4.0.0, 4.0.5
- Illumina Iscan_firmware — versions 4.0.0, 4.0.5
- Illumina Iseq 100 — versions All versions
- Illumina Iseq_100
- Illumina Iseq_100_firmware
- Illumina Miniseq
- Illumina Miniseq Control Software — versions 2.0
- Illumina Miniseq_firmware
- Illumina Miseq
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory)
- ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2023-1966?
- CVE-2023-1966 is a high-severity vulnerability in Illumina Iscan, classified under CWE-250. CVSS score: 7.4/10. Published 2023-04-28.
- How severe is CVE-2023-1966?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.4 out of 10.