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Medium 4.8HealthcarePublished May 4, 2018
CVE-2018-5448Medtronic 2090 Carelink Programmer Relative Path Traversal
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It affects Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer and 2 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 0.73%, higher than 53% of scored CVEs.
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Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer’s software deployment network contains a directory traversal vulnerability that could allow an attacker to read files on the system.
- CVSS
- 4.8 MEDIUM (v3.1, CNA)CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-23
- Known exploited
- Not in CISA's KEV catalog
- EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days)
- 0.73% (percentile 53)
- Assigned by
- icscert
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- May 22, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 12, 2026
Affected products
Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer medtronic:2090_carelink_programmer (from the name) | all versions | CNA record |
Medtronic 29901 Encore Programmer medtronic:29901_encore_programmer (from the name) | all versions | CNA record |
medtronic 2090_carelink_programmer_firmware medtronic:2090_carelink_programmer_firmware | all versions | NVD |
References
- https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/carelink-2090-29901.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-18-058-01
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-058-01third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
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