An issue was discovered in Roche Accu-Chek Inform II Base Unit / Base Unit Hub before 03.01.04 and CoaguChek / cobas h232 Handheld Base Uni…

published 2018-11-20 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-10281

cvss: 8.0; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.7%; EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 52%
public exploits: 0; none known

An issue was discovered in Roche Accu-Chek Inform II Base Unit / Base Unit Hub before 03.01.04 and CoaguChek / cobas h232 Handheld Base Unit before 03.01.04. Insecure permissions in a service interface may allow authenticated attackers in the adjacent network to execute arbitrary commands on the operating system.

Patch / fix

fixed in 4

roche accu-chek_inform_ii_firmware 03.01.04
roche cobas_h_232_firmware 03.01.04
roche coaguchek_firmware 03.01.04
roche base_unit_hub_firmware 03.01.04

Vendor advisories

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

cisa ICSMA-18-310-01 updated 2018-11-08 cvss 6.5

Roche Diagnostics Point of Care Handheld Medical Devices (Update A)

Roche Diagnostics Point of Care handheld medical devices Accu-Chek Inform II, CoaguChek Pro II, CoaguChek XS Plus, CoaguChek XS Pro
affected: vendor fix roche.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

0.67% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 52% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	8.0	CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.7	AV:A/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

References

ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSMA-18-310-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
securityfocus.com /bid/105843
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-18561
NVD CVE-2018-18561

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Summary