CVE-2018-8842
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2018-09-26
- WeaknessCWE-319
Am I affected?
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Description
Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2.1 and prior. The software transmits sensitive or security-critical data in cleartext in a communication channel that can be sniffed by unauthorized actors. The Philips e-Alert communication channel is not encrypted which could therefore lead to disclosure of personal contact information and application login credentials from within the same subnet.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2018-09-2619:29CVE 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-2018-8842?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2018-8842?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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| — | ≤ r2.1 | 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
Philips e-Alert Unit
Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device): Version R2.1 and prior
Fix
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-242-01 · 1 productPlease see the Philips product security website for the latest public security information on this matter and for other Philips products:
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-242-01 · 1 productEnsure that network security best practices are implemented, and
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-242-01 · 1 productLimit network access to e-Alert in accordance with product documentation.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-18-242-01 · 1 productUsers with questions regarding their specific e-Alert installations should contact their local Philips service support team or their regional e-Alert service support. Contact information is available at the following location:
Advisories and patches
- ics-cert.us-cert.govMitigation
- www.usa.philips.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.08.8read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.03.3read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-319read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-319read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score0.6 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Published
- 2018-09-26
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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