CVE-2020-12012

lowpriority · track · 24OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.36% (30th) EPSS

CVSS 3.6 · low

Is it mine?

13 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Baxter ExactaMix EM 2400 & EM 1200, Versions ExactaMix EM2400 Versions 1.10, 1.11, 1.13, 1.14, ExactaMix EM1200 Versions 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5, Baxter ExactaMix EM 2400 Versions 1.10, 1.11, and 1.13, and ExactaMix EM1200 Versions 1.1, 1.2, and 1.4 have hard-coded administrative account credentials for the ExactaMix application. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow an attacker with physical access to gain unauthorized access to view/update system configuration or data. This could impact confidentiality and integrity of the system and risk exposure of sensitive information including PHI.

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

FixedExactaMix EM1200cisa_csaf_ot
Baxter recommends that users of the ExactaMix EM 2400 Versions 1.10 and 1.11, and ExactaMix EM1200 Versions 1.1 and 1.2, should contact the service support team or regional product service support to upgrade to the ExactaMix Version 1.4 (EM1200) and ExactaMix Version 1.13 (EM2400) compounders. For all users, Baxter recommends the following compensating controls including, but not limited to:
FixedExactaMix EM2400cisa_csaf_ot
Baxter recommends that users of the ExactaMix EM 2400 Versions 1.10 and 1.11, and ExactaMix EM1200 Versions 1.1 and 1.2, should contact the service support team or regional product service support to upgrade to the ExactaMix Version 1.4 (EM1200) and ExactaMix Version 1.13 (EM2400) compounders. For all users, Baxter recommends the following compensating controls including, but not limited to:

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.6–6.8

v2.03.6lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 4.9

v3.16.1mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.9 · impact 5.2

v3.06.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US

v3.15.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-798USprimaryCWE-259USCWE-259US

affected products (13)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

ExactaMix EM1200: Versions 1.1 1.2 1.4 1.5all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
ExactaMix EM2400: Versions 1.10 1.11 1.13 1.14all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Baxter ExactaMix EM1200all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Baxter ExactaMix EM2400all versionscisa_csaf_otUS
n/a Baxter ExactaMix EM 2400 & EM 1200≤ ExactaMix EM2400 Versions 1.10, 1.11, 1.13, 1.14, ExactaMix EM1200 Versions 1.1, 1.2, 1.4, 1.5enisa_euvdEU
baxter em1200 firmware= 1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:baxter:em1200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
baxter em1200 firmware= 1.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:baxter:em1200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
baxter em1200 firmware= 1.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:baxter:em1200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
baxter em1200 firmware= 1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:baxter:em1200_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
baxter em2400 firmware= 1.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:baxter:em2400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
baxter em2400 firmware= 1.11nvdUScpe:2.3:o:baxter:em2400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
baxter em2400 firmware= 1.13nvdUScpe:2.3:o:baxter:em2400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
baxter em2400 firmware= 1.14nvdUScpe:2.3:o:baxter:em2400_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSMA-20-170-01Baxter ExactaMix (Update A)2020-06-18icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could result in unauthorized access to sensitive data, alteration of system configuration, alteration of system resources, and impact to system availability.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cisa_csaf_ot nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2020-06-29modified 2026-06-17

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://www.nsfocus.net/vulndb/47276 cnnvd
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-12012 cnnvd
https://www.baxter.com/Patchcnnvd
https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsma-20-170-01 cnnvd
https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsma-20-170-01 enisa_euvd
https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsma-20-170-01Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcenvd

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