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ghsa-h435-fgp5-q25r

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Published

2022-05-13 01:32

Modified

2025-05-22 18:31

Severity ?

5.7 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

All versions of the Medtronic 2090 Carelink Programmer are affected by a directory traversal vulnerability where the product's software deployment network could allow an attacker to read files on the system.

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CVE-2018-5448 (GCVE-0-2018-5448)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2018-05-04 18:00

Modified

2025-05-22 17:43

Severity ?

4.8 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CWE

CWE-23

Summary

Medtronic 2090 CareLink Programmer’s software deployment network contains a directory traversal vulnerability that could allow an attacker to read files on the system.

References

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URL

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	https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/carelink-2090-29901.html
	https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-18-058-01

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Version

►

2090 CareLink Programmer

Version: All versions

29901 Encore Programmer

Version: All versions

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