CVE-2024-48971: Baxter LIFE2000 Ventilation System

Critical severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Clinician Password and Serial Number Clinician Password are hard-coded into the ventilator in plaintext form. This could allow an attacker to obtain the password off the ventilator and use it to gain unauthorized access to the device, with clinician privileges.

Affected products

• Baxter LIFE2000 Ventilation System: up to and including 06.08.00.00
• Baxter LIFE2000 Ventilator Firmware: up to and including 06.08.00.00

Published 2024-11-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.