CVE-2018-18984
Medtronic 9790, 2090 CareLink, and 29901 Encore Programmers Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
MEDIUM
4.6
CVSS Score
Published: December 14, 2018 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:48 AM UTC
6 products affected across 1 vendor29901 Encore Programmer FirmwareCarelink 2090 Programmer FirmwareCarelink 9790 Programmer Firmware
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Severity
MEDIUM4.6
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%
Description
Medtronic CareLink and Encore Programmers do not encrypt or do not sufficiently encrypt sensitive PII and PHI information while at rest .
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
All versions
medtronic-29901-encore-programmer (same device)
All versions
medtronic-carelink-2090-programmer (same device)
All versions
medtronic-carelink-9790-programmer (same device)
80%
All versions
80%
All versions
80%
All versions
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (3)
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-347-01CVSS
4.6MEDIUMicscert
- Attack Vector
- PHYSICAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-311CWE-312
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