Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE-321

Allowed

Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key

Abstraction: Variant · Status: Draft

The product uses a hard-coded, unchangeable cryptographic key.

401 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.

CVE-2014-5403 (GCVE-0-2014-5403)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-04-03 10:00 – Updated: 2025-11-03 18:22
VLAI
Title
Hospira MedNet Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key
Summary
Hospira MedNet before 6.1 uses hardcoded cryptographic keys for protection of data transmission from infusion pumps, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
Assigner
icscert CNA
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Hospira MedNet Affected: 0 , ≤ 5.8 (custom)
Unaffected: 6.1
Create a notification for this product.
Date Public
2015-03-31 06:00
Credits
Show details on NVD website

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Mitigation
Architecture and Design

Prevention schemes mirror that of hard-coded password storage.

No CAPEC attack patterns related to this CWE.