CVE-2018-8870
Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Use of Hard-coded Password
02 Description
Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Use of Hard-coded Password
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
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 29.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- 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
- 2018-07-02 18:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2025-05-22 18:10Z1 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2018-03-20
- Assigning CNA
- icscert
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Medium (CVSS 6.4)
- CNA CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4322368546c49377d5d1a63f4c1bef3706c3e372db12a128a7ad4f03da585ced
05 Affected products
06 References
- global.medtronic.comhttps://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/mycarelink-6-28-18.html
- ics-cert.us-cert.govhttps://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-179-01
07 Remediation
Medtronic will release several rolling over-the-air product updates that will mitigate the vulnerabilities described within this advisory. These updates will be applied to devices automatically as part of standard, reoccurring update processes. In addition, Medtronic has increased security monitoring of affected devices and related infrastructure. Medtronic has released additional patient focused information, at the following location: https://www.medtronic.com/security