Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Data Encryption Weakness
Priority LOW 31CWE-313Published · Updated
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 uses per-product credentials that are stored in a recoverable format. An attacker can use these credentials to modify encrypted drive data.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00131 2nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed MyCareLink Patient Monitor 24950 (Medtronic): February 25, 2026MyCareLink Patient Monitor 24952 (Medtronic): February 25, 2026
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 February 25, 2026
- Fix · CNA MyCareLink Patient Monitor 24952 (Medtronic) Fixed in February 25, 2026
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 February 25, 2026
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2025-03913 Medtronic MyCareLink Patient Monitor Hardware Debug PortPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-4397
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f8v9-5h44-4grj
References
Advisory 4
- https://www.medtronic.com/en-us/e/product-security/security-bulletins/mycarelink-patient-monitor-vulnerabilities.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-25-205-01
- https://www.medtronic.com/en-us/e/product-security/security-bulletins/mycarelink-8-7-18.html
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-18-219-01
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- 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-2025-4397 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-4397 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-f8v9-5h44-4grj · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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