Overly Permissive Access Policy

published 2023-11-28 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2023-32668

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 database can be accessed directly with the privileges of the currently logged-in user. A threat actor with physical access could potentially gain credentials, which could be used to alter or destroy data stored in the database.

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 (2023-12-09)

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-277 Insecure Inherited Permissions
CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

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

Sources

CVE List CVE-2023-29065
NVD CVE-2023-29065

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.

Summary