CVE-2025-0683

MEDIUM EXPLOITED

Contec Health CMS8000 Patient Monitor - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2025-0683 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV).

Description

In its default configuration, Contec Health CMS8000 Patient Monitor transmits plain-text patient data to a hard-coded public IP address when a patient is hooked up to the monitor. This could lead to a leakage of confidential patient data to any device with that IP address or an attacker in a machine-in-the-middle scenario.

References (4)

Core 4

Core References

Various Sources

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/backdoor-found-in-two-healthcare-patient-monitors-linked-to-ip-in-china/

Various Sources

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/safety-communications/cybersecurity-vulnerabilities-certain-patient-monitors-contec-and-epsimed-fda-safety-communication

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-25-030-01

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

https://www.cisa.gov/resources-tools/resources/contec-cms8000-contains-backdoor

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9

EPSS 0.0077

EPSS Percentile 50.5%

Attack Vector NETWORK

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2026-01-20

CWE

CWE-359

Status published

Products (1)

Contec Health/CMS8000 Patient Monitor All versions

Published Jan 30, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026