CVE-2018-8849 json
Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
published 2018-05-18 8 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2018-20457
- cvss
- 4.6
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.3%
- EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 25%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
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.
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
cisa ICSMA-18-137-01 updated cvss 4.6
Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer (Update A)
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Medtronic 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programmer Medtronic 8870 N'Vision removable Application Cardaffected: 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
0.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CNA | 3.1 | 4.6 | CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 3.0 | 4.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/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 N'Vision Clinician Programmer
- Medtronic 8870 N’Vision removable Application Card
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-311 Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
References
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medtronic.com
/content/dam/medtronic-com/us-en/corporate/documents/Medtronic-NVision-8840_Security-Bulletin_FINAL.pdf
vendor-advisory
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securityfocus.com
/bid/104213
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory
- cisa.gov /news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-18-137-01
- medtronic.com /security
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ics-cert.us-cert.gov
/advisories/ICSMA-18-137-01
third-party-advisory, us-government-resource
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2018-8849
- NVD CVE-2018-8849
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