CVE-2017-14006
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2018-03-20
- WeaknessCWE-287 · CWE-798
Am I affected?
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Description
GE Xeleris versions 1.0,1.1,2.1,3.0,3.1, medical imaging systems, all current versions are affected, these devices use default or hard-coded credentials. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to bypass authentication and gain access to the affected devices.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2018-03-2016:29CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-14006?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-14006?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | = 1.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 1.1 | = 1.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 2.1 | = 2.1 | no fix published | NVD |
| 3.0 | = 3.0 | no fix published | NVD |
| 3.1 | = 3.1 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
GE Medical Devices Vulnerability
Xeleris 1.0: * · Xeleris 1.1: * · Xeleris 2.1: * · +2 more
Fix
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSMA-18-037-02 · 5 productsGE has produced product updates that are available upon request, which replace default or hard-coded credentials with custom credentials for all but three of the affected products. GE's product updates are not available for the Optima 680, Revolution XQ/i, and THUNIS-800+ systems.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSMA-18-037-02 · 5 productsGE Healthcare provides updates on vulnerability management and other security information at the following URL: http://www3.gehealthcare.com/en/support/security
Advisories and patches
- ics-cert.us-cert.govMitigation
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.09.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.07.5read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-287read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-798read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.9 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2018-03-20
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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