CVE-2025-15653 PUBLISHED

Dräger Zeus IE Anesthesia Workstation USB Interface Privilege Escalation

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 02.06.2026 Published: 02.06.2026 Updated: 03.06.2026

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.

CVSS Vector: 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 Score: 7

Exploitability Metrics		Vulnerable System Impact Metrics		Subsequent System Impact Metrics
Attack Vector	Physical	Confidentiality	High	Confidentiality	None
Attack Complexity	Low	Integrity	High	Integrity	None
Attack Requirements	None	Availability	High	Availability	None
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None

CVSS 4.0

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 6.8

Attack Vector	Physical	Scope	Unchanged
Attack Complexity	Low	Confidentiality Impact	High
Privileges Required	None	Integrity Impact	High
User Interaction	None	Availability Impact	High

CVSS 3.1

Product Status

Vendor	Dräger
Product	Zeus IE
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 0 to 1.0.5 (excl.)

Vendor	Dräger
Product	Zeus RS C500
Versions	Default: unknown affected from 0 to 1.0.9 (excl.)

References

Problem Types

CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere CWE