CVE-2018-8849 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2018-8849

Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

Vulnerability Description

Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programme and 8870 N'Vision removable Application Card do not encrypt PII and PHI while at rest.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Billy Rios and Jonathan Butts of Whitescope LLC reported these vulnerabilities to CISA.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

N'Vision Clinician Programmer, 8870 N’Vision removable Application Card
Vulnerable Versions:
all versions

Timeline

Official Publish: May 18th, 2018
Last Modified: June 27th, 2025
Added to House: July 20th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)