Hardcoded Secrets

published 2023-11-28 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-32667

cvss: 4.1; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.3%; EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits: 0; none known

The FACSChorus software contains sensitive information stored in plaintext. A threat actor could gain hardcoded secrets used by the application, which include tokens and passwords for administrative accounts.

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSMA-23-331-01 updated 2023-11-28 cvss 4.1

BD FACSChorus

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) BD FACSChorus (HP Z2 G5 workstation, shipped with FACSMelody Cell Sorter) 3.0, 3.1 Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) BD FACSChorus (HP Z2 G9 workstation, shipped with FACSDiscover S8 Cell Sorter) 5.0, 5.1
affected: mitigation “Ensure physical access controls are in place and only authorized end-users have access to the BD FACSChorus Software and respective workstation.” bd.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: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-11)

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.1	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
NVD	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

Becton, Dickinson and Company (BD) FACSChorus

Classification

Weakness

CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

bd.com /en-us/about-bd/cybersecurity/bulletin/bd-facschorus-software
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-29064
NVD CVE-2023-29064

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Summary