CVE-2024-9832: Baxter LIFE2000 Ventilation System

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

There is no limit on the number of failed login attempts permitted with the Clinician Password or the Serial Number Clinician Password. An attacker could execute a brute-force attack to gain unauthorized access to the ventilator, and then make changes to device settings that could disrupt the function of the device and/or result in unauthorized information disclosure.

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.