CVE-2018-8852: Philips E-Alert Firmware

High severity, CVSS 8.8. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Philips e-Alert Unit (non-medical device), Version R2.1 and prior. When authenticating a user or otherwise establishing a new user session, the software gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions without invalidating any existing session identifier.

Affected products

• Philips E-Alert Firmware: up to and including r2.1

Published 2018-09-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.