CVE-2018-10622 (GCVE-0-2018-10622)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-08-10 18:00 – Updated: 2026-05-19 14:33
VLAI
Title
Medtronic MyCareLink 24950 Patient Monitor Cleartext Storage in a File or on Disk
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.
Severity
6.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Date Public
2026-05-07 06:00
Credits
Billy Rios, Jesse Young, and Jonathan Butts of Whitescope LLC reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.
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