CVE-2025-15653
Dräger Zeus IE Anesthesia Workstation USB Interface Privilege Escalation
Dräger Zeus Infinity Empowered (Zeus IE) and Zeus RS C500 anesthesia workstations contain a local security vulnerability that allows unauthorized individuals with physical access to compromise software integrity via USB interface manipulation. Attackers can exploit the unprotected USB interfaces to impair therapy functions, manipulate device-processed data, or leverage the device as a pivot point for broader network-based attacks when connected to a network or Dräger Service Connect.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
Dräger Zeus IE Anesthesia Workstation USB Interface Privilege Escalation
Dräger Zeus Infinity Empowered (Zeus IE) and Zeus RS C500 anesthesia workstations contain a local security vulnerability that allows unauthorized individuals with physical access to compromise software integrity via USB interface manipulation. Attackers can exploit the unprotected USB interfaces to impair therapy functions, manipulate device-processed data, or leverage the device as a pivot point for broader network-based attacks when connected to a network or Dräger Service Connect.
- Record
CVE-2025-15653- CVSS 4.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-210044
Dräger Zeus Infinity Empowered (Zeus IE) and Zeus RS C500 anesthesia workstations contain a local security vulnerability that allows unauthorized individuals with physical access to compromise software integrity via USB interface manipulation. Attackers can exploit the unprotected USB interfaces to impair therapy functions, manipulate device-processed data, or leverage the device as a pivot point for broader network-based attacks when connected to a network or Dräger Service Connect.
- Record
EUVD-2025-210044- CVSS 4.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qw79-r33f-9pvj
Dräger Zeus Infinity Empowered (Zeus IE) and Zeus RS C500 anesthesia workstations contain a local...
Dräger Zeus Infinity Empowered (Zeus IE) and Zeus RS C500 anesthesia workstations contain a local security vulnerability that allows unauthorized individuals with physical access to compromise software integrity via USB interface manipulation. Attackers can exploit the unprotected USB interfaces to impair therapy functions, manipulate device-processed data, or leverage the device as a pivot point for broader network-based attacks when connected to a network or Dräger Service Connect.
- Record
GHSA-qw79-r33f-9pvj- CVSS 4.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
Dräger Zeus Infinity Empowered (Zeus IE) and Zeus RS C500 anesthesia workstations contain a local security vulnerability that allows unauthorized individuals with physical access to compromise software integrity via USB interface manipulation. Attackers can exploit the unprotected USB interfaces to impair therapy functions, manipulate device-processed data, or leverage the device as a pivot point for broader network-based attacks when connected to a network or Dräger Service Connect.
- Record
CVE-2025-15653- CVSS 4.0
- 7.0 High
CVSS:4.0/AV:P/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X - CVSS 3.1
- 6.8 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-668
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-15653 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) in Dräger Zeus Ie, published June 2, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.17%, the 6th percentile. No source names a fixed version.