CVE-2018-8870

highpriority · track · 27OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.004 · 30 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled
Exploitable?
—
no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.36% (30th) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Is it mine?
8 products
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Who says so?
4 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · cisa_csaf_ot · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitor and 24952 MyCareLink Monitor contains a hard-coded operating system password. An attacker with physical access can remove the case of the device, connect to the debug port, and use the password to gain privileged access to the operating system.

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remediations

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

A vendor fix is available.

  • Fixed24950 MyCareLink Monitorcisa_csaf_ot

    Medtronic has released additional patient focused information, at the following location:

  • Fixed24952 MyCareLink Monitorcisa_csaf_ot

    Medtronic has released additional patient focused information, at the following location:

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cvss

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

7.2
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 5.9–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10
v3.06.8mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 0.9 · impact 5.9
v3.06.4mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · CISA US
v3.16.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU
v3.16.4mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ics-cert@hq.dhs.gov USexploitability 0.5 · impact 5.9
v3.15.9mediumCVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-798USprimaryCWE-259USCWE-259US
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affected products (8)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

  • ICSMA-18-179-01Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor2018-06-28icsa · cisa_csaf_otUS

    If exploited, these vulnerabilities may allow privileged access to the monitor 's operating system. However, physical access to the MyCareLink monitor is required. Additionally, these vulnerabilities may allow a MyCareLink monitor, when operated within close physical proximity of an implantable cardiac device, to read and write arbitrary memory values of that device.

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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 2018-07-03modified 2026-06-17
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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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