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Medium 4.6HealthcarePublished Dec 14, 2018
CVE-2018-18984Medtronic 9790, 2090 CareLink, and 29901 Encore Programmers Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
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It affects Medtronic CareLink 9790 Programmer and 5 other products. Add what you run to find out whether that includes you.
EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.32%, higher than 23% of scored CVEs.
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Medtronic CareLink and Encore Programmers do not encrypt or do not sufficiently encrypt sensitive PII and PHI information while at rest .
- CVSS
- 4.6 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-311
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.32% (percentile 23)
- Assigned by
- icscert
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- May 22, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 12, 2026
Affected products
Medtronic CareLink 9790 Programmer medtronic:carelink_9790_programmer (from the name) | all versions | CNA record |
Medtronic CareLink 2090 Programmer medtronic:carelink_2090_programmer (from the name) | all versions | CNA record |
Medtronic 29901 Encore Programmer medtronic:29901_encore_programmer (from the name) | all versions | CNA record |
medtronic carelink_2090_programmer_firmware medtronic:carelink_2090_programmer_firmware | all versions | NVD |
medtronic carelink_9790_programmer_firmware medtronic:carelink_9790_programmer_firmware | all versions | NVD |
medtronic 29901_encore_programmer_firmware medtronic:29901_encore_programmer_firmware | all versions | NVD |
References
- https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/carelink-9790-2090-29901.html
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-347-01third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106215vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
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