CVE-2018-5446

lowpriority · track · 21EPSS 0.004 · 32 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.39% (32nd) EPSS
CVSS 2.1 · low
Is it mine?
7 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer uses a per-product username and password that is stored in a recoverable format.

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remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixed2090 CareLink Programmercisa_csaf_ot

    After additional review and risk evaluation of the affected products, Medtronic has disabled the network-based software update mechanism, including both the VPN and the HTTP subservices, as an immediate security mitigation. Users should not attempt to update the affected products over the network as this update mechanism is vulnerable to the attack described in section 4.2.3. Medtronic will continue to implement and deploy increased security protections and mitigations to address the vulnerabilities in this advisory.

  • Fixed29901 Encore Programmercisa_csaf_ot

    After additional review and risk evaluation of the affected products, Medtronic has disabled the network-based software update mechanism, including both the VPN and the HTTP subservices, as an immediate security mitigation. Users should not attempt to update the affected products over the network as this update mechanism is vulnerable to the attack described in section 4.2.3. Medtronic will continue to implement and deploy increased security protections and mitigations to address the vulnerabilities in this advisory.

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cvss

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

5.3
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 2.1–5.3

v2.02.1lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 2.9
v3.05.3mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.9 · impact 4
v3.04.9mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · CISA US
v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.14.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:Nsecondary · ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov USexploitability 0.5 · impact 4
v3.14.5mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-522USprimaryCWE-257USCWE-257US
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affected products (7)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • ICSMA-18-058-01Medtronic 2090 Carelink Programmer Vulnerabilities (Update C)2018-02-27icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker with physical access to a 2090 Programmer to obtain per-product credentials to the software deployment network. These credentials grant access to the software deployment network, but access is limited to read-only versions of device software applications.

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also known as (3)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

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sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

cnnvdenisa_euvdcisa_csaf_otnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2018-05-04modified 2026-06-17
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references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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