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Medium · 6.4 CVE-2018-8870 EUVD-2018-20478GHSA-7jf7-367c-mvv4

Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Use of Hard-coded Password

Published Jul 2, 2018 · Updated May 22, 2025 · Assigned by icscert

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

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitor All versions —
Medtronic 24952 MyCareLink Monitor All versions —

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