Saint Access:7, of the Seven Keys

Patron of telemetry agents, networked medical devices, and vendors who thought of everything except the password.

Life

On 8 March 2022 Forescout Vedere Labs and CyberMDX revealed seven vulnerabilities in PTC's Axeda agent, the software hundreds of devices, mostly medical imaging and lab equipment, use to be managed remotely. Some let anyone who could reach the right port run code, read the whole disk or change the configuration without authenticating. Seven flaws, seven keys, one door left open.

Prayer

O Saint Access:7, who carries seven keys for the same door, let our remote agents ask who is coming in. Amen.

How to celebrate

Celebrated by updating the Axeda agent to PTC's fixed versions and discovering how many devices on the ward had it inside.

Seven keys won't help a door with no lock.