Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
Affected Dräger SC patient monitoring devices can be forced to reboot by an unauthenticated attacker on a reachable network. Repeated malformed packets may disrupt patient monitoring until devices fall back to default configuration and lose network connectivity. This is a patient-care availability risk, not a data theft issue based on the provided sources.
Executive priority
Treat as high priority for hospitals or care environments using these monitors. The business issue is patient monitoring availability and operational continuity, not confidentiality. Prioritize inventory, vendor engagement, and clinical risk review before making network changes.
Technical view
CVE-2019-25720 affects Dräger SC 6002XL, SC 6802XL, SC 7000, SC 8000, and SC 9000 XL devices, reportedly in all software versions. The issue is CWE-1286 and has CVSS v4.0 score 7.1, with adjacent-network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges, no user interaction, and high availability impact.
Likely exposure
Exposure is highest where affected monitors are reachable from clinical networks, shared hospital LANs, or compromised adjacent systems. The provided CVSS vector indicates adjacent-network access, not direct internet attack. Organizations using these legacy Dräger SC monitors should assume network-reachable units are potentially exposed until verified.
Exploitation context
CISA KEV status is false in the provided data. The sources do not state active exploitation in the wild. The described impact is denial of service through malformed network packets, and repeated traffic can prolong disruption to patient monitoring and network connectivity.
Researcher notes
The record describes a network-triggered unauthenticated denial of service with adjacent attack vector and high availability impact. Evidence in the bundle does not identify a patch, public exploitation, or internet-scale exposure. Product naming has minor inconsistencies in the source bundle; verify exact models against the Dräger advisory.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory Dräger SC 6002XL, SC 6802XL, SC 7000, SC 8000, and SC 9000 XL devices.
- Review the Dräger advisory and contact Dräger for current remediation or compensating guidance.
- Restrict unnecessary network reachability to affected monitoring devices where clinically feasible.
- Coordinate any changes with biomedical engineering and clinical operations.
- Ensure downtime procedures exist for patient monitoring disruption.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether affected Dräger SC models are deployed in clinical environments.
- Verify software and configuration status against Dräger guidance.
- Map network paths that can reach affected monitors.
- Check monitoring and incident logs for unexpected reboots or connectivity loss.
- Validate compensating controls without disrupting patient care.
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- High
- CVSS
- 7.1 (4.0)
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
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CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N——VulnCheckCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H2.83.6VulnCheckVulnerability scoring details
Base CVSS 4.0 score
7.1HighVector: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Base CVSS 3.1 score
6.5MediumVector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- https://static.draeger.com/security/download/2019-11-27-Draeger-SC7000-SC9000-security-advisory-update-v1-5.pdfCVE reference, VulnCheck · vendor-advisory
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/dr-ger-sc-monitoring-devices-dos-via-malformed-network-packetCVE reference, VulnCheck · third-party-advisory
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