CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2020-6961 — Gehealthcare Apexpro Telemetry Server Firmware security vulnerability

Critical CVSS 10

In ApexPro Telemetry Server, Versions 4.2 and prior, CARESCAPE Telemetry Server v4.2 & prior, Clinical Information Center (CIC) Versions 4.X and 5.X, CARESCAPE Telemetry Server Version 4.3, CARESCAPE Central Station (CSCS) Versions 1.X, a vulnerability exists in the affected products that could allow an attacker to obtain access to the SSH private key in configuration files.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
10 (3.1)
Published
2020-01-24
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-256, CWE-522

Affected products

  • gehealthcare / apexpro_telemetry_server_firmware
  • gehealthcare / carescape_central_station_mai700_firmware / 1.0
  • gehealthcare / carescape_central_station_mas700_firmware / 1.0
  • gehealthcare / clinical_information_center_mp100d_firmware / 4.0
  • gehealthcare / clinical_information_center_mp100d_firmware / 5.0
  • gehealthcare / clinical_information_center_mp100r_firmware / 4.0

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Matched remediation archetype

Information disclosure and sensitive data exposure

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Check exposure

  • Trace sensitive data through responses, errors, logs, metrics, traces, caches, exports, files, backups, and client bundles.
  • Identify affected subjects, tenants, retention windows, access controls, and downstream copies without opening unnecessary sensitive records.
  • Review metadata, timing, status, length, and existence signals as well as direct content disclosure.

Remediate safely

  • Minimize collection and output, apply field-level authorization and redaction at a centralized boundary, and return generic external errors.
  • Remove secrets and sensitive data from logs, artifacts, URLs, caches, and client-side bundles; rotate credentials that may have been exposed.
  • Update the affected component and add synthetic-data tests for response, error, observability, and export paths.

Authoritative sources

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