Instruments with Illumina Universal Copy Service v1.x and v2.x contain an unnecessary privileges vulnerability.
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 39/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.91% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 59.4% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- According to the record, no fixed version is available yet.
- Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 7.4, NVD 9.8.
Low priority for now. Update when a fix is released; follow the vendor's advisory.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
Instruments with Illumina Universal Copy Service v1.x and v2.x contain an unnecessary privileges vulnerability. An unauthenticated malicious actor could upload and execute code remotely at the operating system level, which could allow an attacker to change settings, configurations, software, or access sensitive data on the affected product.
- Published
- Apr 28, 2023
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.9% · 59th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-250
Report tools
Action score
39
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 39 / 40 · 9.8 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.9%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- total
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 9.8
- CNA · icscert
- 7.4
- 2.4 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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- No public exploit code on record
- No fixed version yet
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Is your version affected?
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| illumina | iscan firmware | cpe:2.3:o:illumina:iscan_firmware |
| illumina | iscan | cpe:2.3:h:illumina:iscan |
| illumina | iseq 100 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:illumina:iseq_100_firmware |
| illumina | iseq 100 | cpe:2.3:h:illumina:iseq_100 |
| illumina | miniseq firmware | cpe:2.3:o:illumina:miniseq_firmware |
| illumina | miniseq | cpe:2.3:h:illumina:miniseq |
| illumina | miseq firmware | cpe:2.3:o:illumina:miseq_firmware |
| illumina | miseq | cpe:2.3:h:illumina:miseq |
| illumina | miseqdx firmware | cpe:2.3:o:illumina:miseqdx_firmware |
| illumina | miseqdx | cpe:2.3:h:illumina:miseqdx |
| illumina | nextseq 500 firmware | cpe:2.3:o:illumina:nextseq_500_firmware |
| illumina | nextseq 500 | cpe:2.3:h:illumina:nextseq_500 |
and 10 more
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- illumina iscan firmware4.0.0
- illumina iscan firmware4.0.5
- illumina iseq 100 firmwareall versions
- illumina miniseq firmware2.0 and later
- illumina miseq firmware4.0 and later
- illumina miseqdx firmware4.0.1 and later
- illumina miseqdx firmware4.0
- illumina nextseq 1000 firmware1.4.1
- illumina nextseq 2000 firmware1.4.1
- illumina nextseq 500 firmware4.0
- illumina nextseq 550 firmware4.0
- illumina nextseq 550dx firmware1.3.3 and later
- illumina nextseq 550dx firmware1.0.0 and later · up to 1.3.1 inclusive
- illumina nextseq 550dx firmware4.0
- illumina novaseq 6000 firmwareup to 1.7 inclusive
- illumina novaseq 6000 firmware1.8
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (icscert). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Illumina iScan Control Software
- 4.0.0, 4.0.5affected
Illumina iSeq 100
- All versionsaffected
Illumina MiniSeq Control Software
- 2.0affected
Illumina MiSeq Control Software
- 4.0 (RUO Mode)affected
Illumina MiSeqDx Operating Software
- 4.0.1affected
Illumina NextSeq 1000/2000 Control Software
- up to and including 1.4.1affected
Illumina NextSeq 500/550 Control Software
- 4.0affected
Illumina NextSeq 550Dx Control Software
- 4.0 (RUO Mode)affected
Illumina NextSeq 550Dx Operating Software
- 1.3.3affected
- 1.0.0 and later · up to and including 1.3.1affected
Illumina NovaSeq 6000 Control Software
- up to and including 1.7affected
Illumina NovaSeq Control Software
- 1.8affected
Same product
illumina: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-1968
Instruments with Illumina Universal Copy Service v2.x are vulnerable due to binding to an unrestricted IP address.31Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
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
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- 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
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-250 · Execution with Unnecessary PrivilegesCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
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Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.