Vulnerability

Beckman Coulter flags Microbiology LabPro computer for Axeda agent vulnerabilities

MedDevice Cyber Staff · Mar 8 · 2 min read · Via Beckman Coulter Axeda security information

Beckman Coulter posted product security information on March 8, 2022 for seven vulnerabilities in the Axeda agent and Axeda Desktop Server: CVE-2022-25246, CVE-2022-25247, CVE-2022-25248, CVE-2022-25249, CVE-2022-25250, CVE-2022-25251 and CVE-2022-25252. CISA informed the company that a researcher had found them in Axeda software used in commercial products.

The product Beckman Coulter names is the Microbiology LabPro supplied computer, which it says may be affected. Axeda is remote service software, so the exposure rides on the same channel field service uses to reach the instrument computer.

The notice says little about a fix. Labs running LabPro should ask Beckman Coulter whether Axeda is still installed on their unit and whether it needs to be.

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Remediation Desk

For ProvidersOperators, hospitals, and clinical engineering

The Microbiology LabPro supplied computer may carry Axeda agent software exposed to CVE-2022-25246 to CVE-2022-25252. Beckman Coulter's notice gives no fixed version. Confirm whether Axeda is present and remove it if remote service no longer depends on it.

Check for Axeda. Ask Beckman Coulter service whether the Axeda agent or Desktop Server is installed on each Microbiology LabPro computer.
Remove unused remote access. Have Axeda uninstalled where remote service does not depend on it.
Restrict outbound reach. Limit LabPro computer internet access to the remote service endpoints Beckman Coulter specifies.
Add Axeda to the SBOM. Track Axeda as a third-party component of the LabPro computer for future advisories.

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

Am I affected?

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Remote access

Microbiology LabPro supplied computer

Off-the-shelf software Remote access

Fix the class in your product

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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.

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Questions & Answers

Is the Beckman Coulter Microbiology LabPro computer affected by the Axeda vulnerabilities?

Beckman Coulter said on March 8, 2022 that the Microbiology LabPro supplied computer may be affected by Axeda agent and Axeda Desktop Server vulnerabilities CVE-2022-25246 to CVE-2022-25252.

Who reported the Axeda flaws to Beckman Coulter?

CISA informed Beckman Coulter that a researcher found multiple vulnerabilities, CVE-2022-25246 to CVE-2022-25252, in Axeda agent and Axeda Desktop Server software used in commercial products, according to the company's March 8, 2022 notice.

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