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CVE-2018-8870: Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Use of Hard-coded Password

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-07-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-259

Description

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.

Affected products

• Medtronic 24950 Mycarelink Monitor Firmware: all versions
• Medtronic 24952 Mycarelink Monitor Firmware: all versions

References

• https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/mycarelink-6-28-18.html
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-179-01
• https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-179-01

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