CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2019-18263 — Philips Veradius Unity Firmware security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 6.5

An issue was found in Philips Veradius Unity, Pulsera, and Endura Dual WAN Router, Veradius Unity (718132) with wireless option (shipped between 2016-August 2018), Veradius Unity (718132) with ViewForum option (shipped between 2016-August 2018), Pulsera (718095) and Endura (718075) with wireless option (shipped between 26-June-2017 through 07-August 2018), Pulsera (718095) and Endura (718075) with ViewForum option (shipped between 26-June-2017 through 07-August 2018). The router software uses an encryption scheme that is not strong enough for the level of protection required.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.5 (3.1)
Published
2019-12-20
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-326

Affected products

  • philips / veradius_unity_firmware
  • philips / pulsera_firmware
  • philips / endura_firmware

Matched remediation archetype

Cryptography, certificate, signature, and channel validation

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Check exposure

  • Inventory affected algorithms, key uses, trust stores, certificate validation settings, random sources, and plaintext channels across clients and services.
  • Determine which secrets, identities, signatures, or data protections depend on the affected primitive or validation path.
  • Check debug, compatibility, fallback, and hostname or audience override settings in build and runtime configuration.

Remediate safely

  • Use a maintained platform cryptographic API with approved algorithms, modes, parameters, randomness, and full peer identity validation.
  • Remove insecure fallback and validation bypasses; separate keys by purpose and load them from managed secret storage.
  • Plan rotation or reissuance for affected keys, certificates, tokens, hashes, or ciphertext and document compatibility sequencing.

Authoritative sources

Complete CVE record and remediation plan

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