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CVE-2018-8849: Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-311

Description

Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programme and 8870 N'Vision removable Application Card do not encrypt PII and PHI while at rest.

Affected products

• Medtronic N'Vision 8840 Firmware: all versions
• Medtronic N'Vision 8870 Firmware: all versions

References

• http://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-com/us-en/corporate/documents/Medtronic-NVision-8840_Security-Bulletin_FINAL.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104213
• https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-18-137-01
• https://www.medtronic.com/security
• http://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-com/us-en/corporate/documents/Medtronic-NVision-8840_Security-Bulletin_FINAL.pdf
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104213
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-137-01

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