CVE-2018-10626

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Published 2018-08-10 · Modified 2026-05-19
CVSS v3
4.4
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS v4 NEW
not yet in upstream
VIR risk
4.4

Description

Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor’s update service does not sufficiently verify the authenticity of the data uploaded. An attacker who obtains per-product credentials from the monitor and paired implantable cardiac device information can potentially upload invalid data to the Medtronic CareLink network.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
44%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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References

CWEs

CWE-345

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.