Medtronic 2090 Carelink Programmer Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format

published 2018-05-04 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-17216

cvss: 4.9; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits: 0; none known

Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer

uses a per-product username and password that is stored in a recoverable format.

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

cisa ICSMA-18-058-01 updated 2020-01-30 cvss 4.9

Medtronic 2090 Carelink Programmer Vulnerabilities (Update C)

Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer Medtronic 29901 Encore Programmer
affected: vendor fix medtronic.com

From CISA ICS and IT advisories (CSAF, https://github.com/cisagov/CSAF), a U.S. Government work; changed: reduced to products, statuses and remediations. CISA notification · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.9	CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	3.0	5.3	CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD	2.0	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected products

Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer
Medtronic 29901 Encore Programmer

Classification

Weakness

CWE-257 Storing Passwords in a Recoverable Format
CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials

References

global.medtronic.com /xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/carelink-2090-29901.html
cisa.gov /news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-18-058-01
ics-cert.us-cert.gov /advisories/ICSMA-18-058-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource

Sources

CVE List CVE-2018-5446
NVD CVE-2018-5446

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Summary