Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Empty Password Vulnerability
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor has a built-in user account with an empty password, which allows an attacker with physical access to log in with no password and access modify system functionality. This issue affects MyCareLink Patient Monitor models 24950 and 24952: before June 25, 2025
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA MyCareLink Patient Monitor 24950 (Medtronic) Fixed in June 25, 2025
- Fix · CNA MyCareLink Patient Monitor 24952 (Medtronic) Fixed in June 25, 2025
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor 24950, MyCareLink Patient Monitor 24952 June 25, 2025
3 records Highest priority Priority LOW 3 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-03921 Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Unencrypted Filesystem VulnerabilityPriority LOW 31
- TI-2025-03920 Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Deserialization VulnerabilityPriority LOW 30
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-4395
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-rxfj-gvqj-6mmm
References
More Medtronic vulnerabilities
- TI-2023-14928 Medtronic Paceart MSMQ Deserialization of Untrusted Data CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-15429 Medtronic MyCareLink Smart Heap-based Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2020-16578 Medtronic MyCareLink Smart Time-of-check Time-of-use Race Condition CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
- TI-2025-11897 Missing brute-force protection in Medtronic CareLink Network CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2019-04592 Medtronic Conexus Radio Frequency Telemetry Protocol Improper Access Control CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2020-15425 Medtronic MyCareLink Smart Improper Authentication CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
Sources
- CVE-2025-4395 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-4395 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-rxfj-gvqj-6mmm · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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