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01 Record

CVE-2018-18984

Medtronic 9790, 2090 CareLink, and 29901 Encore Programmers Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

MediumPUBLISHEDCNA: icscert
CNA base score4.6 CVSS v3.xCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

02 Description

Medtronic 9790, 2090 CareLink, and 29901 Encore Programmers Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation
Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision
Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability
0.31% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile
Equal to or higher than the score of 24.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score
4.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status
Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity
No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published
2018-12-14 15:00Z7 YR AGO
Last updated
2025-05-22 16:40Z1 YR AGO
Reserved
2018-11-06
Assigning CNA
icscert
Record state
PUBLISHED
Severity
Medium (CVSS 4.6)
CNA CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weaknesses
  • CWE-311Missing Encryption of Sensitive DataClass
  • CWE-312Cleartext Storage of Sensitive InformationBase
Data version
5.1
Document digest
9df17c7b809c79519de16dbf6d1f9e072b4dda8ca13726b24de1fb6ff3c3578f

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
MedtronicCareLink 9790 ProgrammerAll versions—
MedtronicCareLink 2090 ProgrammerAll versions—
Medtronic29901 Encore ProgrammerAll versions—

06 References