CVE-2018-18561· NVD / CVE Program· CNA mitre

An issue was discovered in Roche Accu-Chek Inform II Base Unit / Base Unit Hub before 03.01.04 and CoaguChek / cobas h232 Handheld Base Unit

An issue was discovered in Roche Accu-Chek Inform II Base Unit / Base Unit Hub before 03.01.04 and CoaguChek / cobas h232 Handheld Base Unit before 03.01.04. Insecure permissions in a service interface may allow authenticated attackers in the adjacent network to execute arbitrary commands on the operating system.

HighCVSS 8.0 · v3.0—No exploit No fix recorded

Published: Nov 20, 2018
Updated: Jun 16, 2026
EPSS: 0.7% · 50th percentile
CWE: CWE-732

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CVSS: 32 / 40 · 8.0 / 10
CISA KEV: 0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS: 0 / 30 · 0.7%

Affected systems

Vendor	Product	CPE
roche	accu-chek inform ii firmware	cpe:2.3:o:roche:accu-chek_inform_ii_firmware
roche	accu-chek inform ii	cpe:2.3:h:roche:accu-chek_inform_ii
roche	cobas h 232 firmware	cpe:2.3:o:roche:cobas_h_232_firmware
roche	cobas h 232	cpe:2.3:h:roche:cobas_h_232
roche	coaguchek firmware	cpe:2.3:o:roche:coaguchek_firmware
roche	coaguchek	cpe:2.3:h:roche:coaguchek
roche	base unit hub firmware	cpe:2.3:o:roche:base_unit_hub_firmware
roche	base unit hub	cpe:2.3:h:roche:base_unit_hub

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

roche accu-chek inform ii firmwarebefore 03.01.04
roche base unit hub firmwarebefore 03.01.04
roche coaguchek firmwarebefore 03.01.04
roche cobas h 232 firmwarebefore 03.01.04

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

CVE-2018-18563An issue was discovered in Roche Accu-Chek Inform II Instrument before 03.06.00 (Serial number below 14000) and 04.x before 04.03.00 (Serial
38Monitor
CVE-2018-18562An issue was discovered in Roche Accu-Chek Inform II Base Unit / Base Unit Hub before 03.01.04 and CoaguChek / cobas h232 Handheld Base Unit
35Monitor
CVE-2018-18564An issue was discovered in Roche Accu-Chek Inform II Instrument before 03.06.00 (Serial number below 14000) and 04.x before 04.03.00 (Serial
29Monitor
CVE-2018-18565An issue was discovered in Roche Accu-Chek Inform II Instrument before 03.06.00 (Serial number below 14000) and 04.x before 04.03.00 (Serial
27Monitor

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Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

Someone on the same network segment can trigger it.
A low-privileged account is enough.
No user action is required.
No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality: high · data can be read
Integrity: high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability: high · the service can be disrupted

Attack vector: Adjacent
Attack complexity: Low
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Scope: Unchanged
Confidentiality impact: High
Integrity impact: High
Availability impact: High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-732 · Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Change log

No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

References

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