In Philips Alice 6 System version R8.0.2 or prior, the lack of proper data encryption passes up the guarantees of confidentiality, integrit…

published 2018-03-28 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-19227

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.6%; EPSS 0.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 50%
public exploits: 0; none known

In Philips Alice 6 System version R8.0.2 or prior, the lack of proper data encryption passes up the guarantees of confidentiality, integrity, and accountability that properly implemented encryption conveys.

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSMA-18-086-01 updated 2018-12-13 cvss 5.3

Philips Alice 6 Vulnerabilities (Update B)

Philips Version <= R8.0.3
affected: vendor fix usa.philips.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

Exploit prediction

0.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 50% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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	5.0	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Philips Philips Alice 6 System

Classification

Weakness

CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSMA-18-086-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
securityfocus.com /bid/103537
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-7498
NVD CVE-2018-7498

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Summary