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Hospira MedNet Code Injection

Published Mar 26, 2019

Description

Hospira MedNet software version 5.8 and prior uses vulnerable versions of the JBoss Enterprise Application Platform software that may allow unauthenticated users to execute arbitrary code on the target system. Hospira has developed a new version of the MedNet software, MedNet 6.1. Existing versions of MedNet can be upgraded to MedNet 6.1.

Affected products

Remediation

Vendor solution

Hospira has developed a new version of the MedNet software, MedNet 6.1. Hospira reports that MedNet 6.1 no longer uses hard-coded passwords, hard-coded cryptographic keys, and no longer stores passwords in clear text. Existing versions of MedNet can be upgraded to MedNet 6.1.

Hospira has produced mitigation recommendations that help mitigate the vulnerability in the vulnerable version of JBoss Enterprise Application Platform software, used in the MedNet software. This has been addressed by Hospira through issuance of the following knowledge based articles: Improving Security in Hospira MedNet 5.5 (August 2014) and Improving Security in Hospira MedNet 5.8 (August 2014). For additional information about Hospira’s new releases and mitigation recommendations, contact Hospira’s technical support at 1-800-241-4002.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner icscert
Published Mar 26, 2019
Updated Nov 3, 2025
Reserved Aug 22, 2014
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a