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Vulnerability

Baxter finds no product exposure to ConnectWise ScreenConnect flaws CVE-2024-1709 and CVE-2024-1708

MedDevice Cyber Staff · Feb 26 · 2 min read · Via Baxter ConnectWise bulletin

Baxter posted a bulletin on February 26, 2024 on CVE-2024-1709 and CVE-2024-1708, vulnerabilities in ConnectWise ScreenConnect 23.9.7 and prior. Baxter describes ConnectWise as a third-party application that can be used to provide remote service.

Baxter says it has not found any indication that its products are affected and sees no privacy impact. If a product turns out to use an affected version, it will post that and the available mitigations on its Product Security page or the Hillrom Responsible Disclosure page.

Remote service tools are a short path into a clinical network. Every vendor support channel, and the software version behind it, belongs in the device inventory.

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Remediation Desk

For ProvidersOperators, hospitals, and clinical engineering

Baxter reports no product exposure to the ScreenConnect flaws, so there is no Baxter patch to apply. Hospitals should patch any ScreenConnect server they run themselves past 23.9.7 and confirm which remote tools vendors use to reach clinical devices.

Patch your own ScreenConnect. Upgrade any self-hosted ConnectWise ScreenConnect instance beyond version 23.9.7.
Inventory vendor remote access. List the remote support tool and version each device vendor uses to reach your network.
Watch Baxter's pages. Check Baxter Product Security and Hillrom Responsible Disclosure for any later update.

For Device ManufacturersAm I affected, and how to fix the class

Am I affected?

This class applies to devices with the signals and properties below. Check them against your product to gauge exposure.

Contributing

Remote access

Fix the class in your product

The advisory is not for a bug you wrote; it is in a component you embed. As the maker, pin dependencies to fixed versions, generate an SBOM on every build including transitive components, and gate the pipeline on known-vulnerable components so an advisory maps to your products automatically.

Pin and inventory. Exact versions, and a CycloneDX or SPDX SBOM as a build artifact including transitive deps.
Gate on advisories. A CI scan fails a release carrying a component with a known advisory.
Own the field patch path. Know how you deliver a dependency or platform patch to fielded devices before you need it.

Mapped EMB3D mitigations

Questions & Answers

Are Baxter products affected by ConnectWise ScreenConnect CVE-2024-1709?

Baxter said on February 26, 2024 that it had not found any indication its products are affected by CVE-2024-1709 or CVE-2024-1708 in ConnectWise ScreenConnect 23.9.7 and prior, and saw no privacy impact.

Where would Baxter publish ScreenConnect mitigations if a product were affected?

Baxter's February 26, 2024 bulletin says that if a product is found to use an affected ConnectWise version, it will share the information and mitigations on the Baxter.com Product Security page and/or the Hillrom Responsible Disclosure page.

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