CVE-2018-18984

lowpriority · track · 18OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.003 · 24 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.32% (24th) EPSS

CVSS 2.1 · low

Is it mine?

12 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Medtronic CareLink and Encore Programmers do not encrypt or do not sufficiently encrypt sensitive PII and PHI information while at rest .

remediations

Vendor fix, mitigation, or workaround guidance, as published by each source.

A vendor fix is available.

Fixed29901 Encore Programmercisa_csaf_ot
All affected programmers allow for the manual deletion of programmer-generated reports, which could contain PHI/PII. Medtronic recommends users delete these reports when no longer needed and prior to any disposition of the programmer.
FixedCareLink 2090 Programmercisa_csaf_ot
All affected programmers allow for the manual deletion of programmer-generated reports, which could contain PHI/PII. Medtronic recommends users delete these reports when no longer needed and prior to any disposition of the programmer.
FixedCareLink 9790 Programmercisa_csaf_ot
All affected programmers allow for the manual deletion of programmer-generated reports, which could contain PHI/PII. Medtronic recommends users delete these reports when no longer needed and prior to any disposition of the programmer.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

4.6

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–4.6

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.9 · impact 3.6

v3.04.6mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · CISA US

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.14.6mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov USexploitability 0.9 · impact 3.6

v3.14.2mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-312USprimaryCWE-311USCWE-311US

affected products (12)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

29901 Encore Programmer: all versionsall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
CareLink 2090 Programmer: all versionsall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
CareLink 9790 Programmer: all versionsall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Medtronic 29901 Encore Programmerall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Medtronic CareLink 2090 Programmerall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Medtronic CareLink 9790 Programmerall versionscisa_csaf_otUS
Medtronic 29901 Encore Programmer≤ All versionsenisa_euvdEU
Medtronic CareLink 2090 Programmer≤ All versionsenisa_euvdEU
Medtronic CareLink 9790 Programmer≤ All versionsenisa_euvdEU
medtronic 29901 encore programmer firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:medtronic:29901_encore_programmer_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
medtronic carelink 2090 programmer firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:medtronic:carelink_2090_programmer_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
medtronic carelink 9790 programmer firmwareall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:medtronic:carelink_9790_programmer_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

ICSMA-18-347-01Medtronic 9790, 2090 CareLink, and 29901 Encore Programmers2018-12-13icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS
As part of the intended functionality of this device, it may store protected health information (PHI) or personally identifiable information (PII). Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker with physical access to an affected programmer to access PHI or PII stored on the device.

also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvd enisa_euvd cisa_csaf_ot nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2018-12-14modified 2026-06-17

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references (9)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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