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CVE-2023-43208 NextGen Healthcare CVE debrief
CVE-2023-43208 affects NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect and is identified by CISA as a Known Exploited Vulnerability as of 2024-05-20. CISA also marks this issue as associated with known ransomware campaign use. Because the supplied sources do not include a vendor patch advisory in the corpus, the safest defensive posture is to follow vendor mitigation guidance from the official NextGen Healthcare resources referenced by CISA, and to discontinue use if mitigations are not available.
- Vendor
- NextGen Healthcare
- Product
- Mirth Connect
- CVSS
- Unknown
- CISA KEV
- Listed
- Original CVE published
- 2024-05-20
- Original CVE updated
- 2024-05-20
- Advisory published
- 2024-05-20
- Advisory updated
- 2024-05-20
Who should care
Security, patch management, and operations teams responsible for NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect deployments, especially organizations that depend on the platform for healthcare integration workflows.
Technical summary
The vulnerability is described at a high level as a deserialization of untrusted data issue in NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect. The supplied corpus does not provide exploit mechanics, affected versions, or remediation version details, so conclusions should be limited to the KEV designation and the vendor/official references provided by CISA.
Defensive priority
High. CISA included this CVE in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog and set a remediation due date of 2024-06-10, indicating active exploitation risk and a need for prompt action.
Recommended defensive actions
- Check whether any instance of NextGen Healthcare Mirth Connect is deployed in your environment.
- Review the official NextGen Healthcare release notes and vendor guidance referenced by CISA for mitigation or update instructions.
- Apply vendor mitigations as soon as feasible; if mitigations are unavailable, follow CISA guidance to discontinue use of the product.
- Prioritize remediation before the CISA due date of 2024-06-10 for assets that remain in service.
- Validate that compensating controls, monitoring, and incident response playbooks cover this product while remediation is underway.
Evidence notes
Evidence is limited to the supplied CVE metadata and the CISA KEV source item. The KEV entry identifies the vendor/product, classifies the issue as a deserialization of untrusted data vulnerability, records dateAdded 2024-05-20 and dueDate 2024-06-10, and states known ransomware campaign use: Known. The source item also points to the official NextGen Healthcare release notes/wiki and the NVD record as reference material. No additional technical specifics were included in the supplied corpus.
Official resources
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CVE-2023-43208 CVE record
CVE.org
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CVE-2023-43208 NVD detail
NVD
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CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
CISA - Apply mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable.
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Source item URL
cisa_kev
CISA published CVE-2023-43208 in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2024-05-20 and marked it as linked to known ransomware campaign use. CISA advised applying vendor mitigations or discontinuing use if mitigations are not उपलब्ध