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Opinion: We need a way to talk about Cyber Physical Risk

ID: 257f4e73-a716-5c9c-8cf0-f49a8abfe052

STIX ID: report--257f4e73-a716-5c9c-8cf0-f49a8abfe052

Feed Name: Security Ledger

Threat Score
70/100

Date Published: 2019-07-15

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Paul Roberts

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The article compares two recent vulnerabilities — a critical PrinterLogic origin-validation flaw (CVE-2018-5409) and a medium-rated GE anesthesia machine authentication flaw (CVE-2019-10966) — to illustrate how CVSS base scores can misrepresent real-world cyber-physical risk; it argues current scoring overlooks physical safety consequences (including potential lethal outcomes) and calls for a unified vulnerability/risk rating approach that incorporates cyber-physical impacts.

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