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CVE-2022-26392 — Baxter Spectrum Wireless Battery Module Firmware security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 6.5

The Baxter Spectrum WBM (v16, v16D38) and Baxter Spectrum WBM (v17, v17D19, v20D29 to v20D32) when in superuser mode is susceptible to format string attacks via application messaging. An attacker could use this to read memory in the WBM to access sensitive information.

Severity
Medium
CVSS
6.5 (3.1)
Published
2022-09-09
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
operating-system
Weaknesses
CWE-134

Affected products

  • baxter / spectrum_wireless_battery_module_firmware
  • baxter / spectrum_wireless_battery_module_firmware / 16
  • baxter / spectrum_wireless_battery_module_firmware / 16d38
  • baxter / spectrum_wireless_battery_module_firmware / 17
  • baxter / spectrum_wireless_battery_module_firmware / 17d19
  • baxter / sigma_spectrum_35700bax_firmware

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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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