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GHSA-W48Q-G7G7-4M96

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-13 01:31 – Updated: 2025-06-27 18:30

Details

Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programmer, all versions, and 8870 N'Vision removable Application Card, all versions does not encrypt PII and PHI while at rest.

Severity ?

4.6 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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CVE-2018-8849 (GCVE-0-2018-8849)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-05-18 13:00 – Updated: 2025-06-27 16:24

Title

Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Summary

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.

Severity ?

4.6 (Medium)


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

CWE

CWE-311 - MISSING ENCRYPTION OF SENSITIVE DATA CWE-311

Assigner

icscert

References

URL

Tags

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	https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advi…	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.medtronic.com/content/dam/medtronic-co…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://www.medtronic.com/security

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

Medtronic

N'Vision Clinician Programmer

Affected: all versions

Medtronic

8870 N’Vision removable Application Card

Affected: all versions

Credits

Billy Rios and Jonathan Butts of Whitescope LLC reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.

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Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-W48Q-G7G7-4M96

CVE-2018-8849 (GCVE-0-2018-8849)

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