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CVE-2017-16776 — Mckesson Conserus Workflow Intelligence security vulnerability

High CVSS 8.1

Security researchers discovered an authentication bypass vulnerability in version 2.0.2 of the Conserus Workflow Intelligence application by McKesson Medical Imaging Company, which is now a Change Healthcare company. The attacker must send a malicious HTTP GET request to exploit the vulnerability. The vulnerability allows an attacker to bypass authentication and escalate privileges of valid users. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability and be granted limited access to other accounts. An authenticated attacker can exploit the vulnerability and be granted access reserved for higher privilege users.

Severity
High
CVSS
8.1 (3.0)
Published
2017-12-15
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application

Affected products

  • mckesson / conserus_workflow_intelligence / 2.0.2

Matched remediation archetype

Authentication bypass and missing authentication

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Check exposure

  • Map every affected endpoint and protocol path, including alternate ports, legacy routes, recovery flows, service accounts, and machine-to-machine access.
  • Confirm which deployments enable the affected authentication mode and whether the interface is reachable from untrusted networks.
  • Review session, token, credential, and proxy trust configuration without attempting account takeover.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the supported fix and centralize fail-closed authentication before protected request handling.
  • Remove default or embedded credentials, rotate affected secrets and sessions, and bind authentication decisions to the intended audience and channel.
  • Add negative tests for alternate routes, malformed or absent credentials, recovery flows, and proxy-derived identity.

Authoritative sources

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