CVE-2018-8849Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
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EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.33%, higher than 24% of scored CVEs.
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Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programme and 8870 N'Vision removable Application Card do not encrypt PII and PHI 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)
- 0.33% (percentile 24)
- Assigned by
- icscert
- NVD analysis
- Modified
- Record last updated
- Jun 27, 2025
- First seen by InfoSec Signals
- Oct 12, 2026
Affected products
Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer medtronic:n_vision_clinician_programmer (from the name) | all versions | CNA record |
Medtronic 8870 N’Vision removable Application Card medtronic:8870_n_vision_removable_application_card (from the name) | all versions | CNA record |
medtronic n'vision_8840_firmware medtronic:n'vision_8840_firmware | all versions | NVD |
medtronic n'vision_8870_firmware medtronic:n'vision_8870_firmware | all versions | NVD |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104213vdb-entry, x-refsource-bid, third-party-advisory
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-18-137-01x-refsource-misc
- http://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-com/us-en/corporate/documents/Medtronic-NVision-8840_Security-Bulletin_FINAL.pdfx-refsource-confirm, vendor-advisory
- https://www.medtronic.com/security
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-137-01third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
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