CVE-2018-8870 | BDVDB-2026-103221 Detail

Medtronic24950 MyCareLink Monitor

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.

Impact#

Per CVSS v3.1: confidentiality impact high, integrity impact high, availability impact high. Attack vector: physical.

Weaknesses#

CWE-259

References#

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12018-07-02Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22025-05-22Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.

Published

Published: 2018-07-02
Last modified: 2025-05-22

Vendor information

Vendor: Medtronic
Product: 24950 MyCareLink Monitor

All Medtronic vulnerabilities

Score

6.4 Medium

EPSS

less than 1%, Very Low

Estimated chance of exploitation in the next 30 days. EPSS percentile: 30.6.

KEV

Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.

Impact

Not classified

Action

No specific action is recorded in the source data. Check the references for vendor guidance.

Affected Systems

Vulnerable
All versions
Fixed
Not stated

Scoring System

CVSS v4.0

Not available

CVSS v3.1

6.4 Medium

CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Metric breakdown
Attack Vector	Physical
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	None
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity	High
Availability	High

CVSS v3.0

Not available

CVSS v2

Not available

Source: CVE List v5 (record); CISA KEV (kev, action); FIRST EPSS (epss).