The 8840 Clinician Programmer executes the application program from the 8870 Application Card. An attacker with physical access to an 8870 Application Card and sufficient technical capability can modify the contents of this card, including the binary executables. If modified to bypass protection mechanisms, this malicious code will be run when the card is inserted into an 8840 Clinician Programmer.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

Medtronic has not developed a product update to address the vulnerabilities, but is reinforcing security reminders within this advisory to help reduce the risk associated with the vulnerabilities. The 8870 Therapy Application card stores PHI and PII as part of its normal operating procedure and should be handled, managed and secured in a manner consistent with the applicable laws for patient data privacy. Medtronic recommends users take additional defensive measures to minimize the risk of exploitation of these vulnerabilities. Specifically, hospitals and clinicians should: * Maintain strict physical control of the 8870 application card. * Use only legitimately obtained 8870 cards and not cards provided by any third party as firmware and system updates are provided directly by Medtronic using new 8870 application cards. * 8840 Programmers and 8870 Therapy Application compact flash cards are the property of Medtronic and should be returned to Medtronic when no longer in use. If that is not an option, you should securely dispose of them. Medtronic has released additional patient focused information, at the following location: https://www.medtronic.com/security

History

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-311

Fri, 27 Jun 2025 16:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programmer and 8870 N'Vision removable application card does not encrypt PII and PHI while at rest. The 8840 Clinician Programmer executes the application program from the 8870 Application Card. An attacker with physical access to an 8870 Application Card and sufficient technical capability can modify the contents of this card, including the binary executables. If modified to bypass protection mechanisms, this malicious code will be run when the card is inserted into an 8840 Clinician Programmer.
Title Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Protection Mechanism Failure
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Thu, 22 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programmer, all versions, and 8870 N'Vision removable Application Card, all versions. The 8840 Clinician Programmer executes the application program from the 8870 Application Card. An attacker with physical access to an 8870 Application Card and sufficient technical capability can modify the contents of this card, including the binary executables. If modified to bypass protection mechanisms, this malicious code will be run when the card is inserted into an 8840 Clinician Programmer. Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer 8840 N'Vision Clinician Programmer and 8870 N'Vision removable application card does not encrypt PII and PHI while at rest.
Title Medtronic N'Vision Clinician Programmer Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data
Weaknesses CWE-311
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}


Wed, 18 Sep 2024 08:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Ics Cert
Ics Cert medtronic N Vision Clinician Programmer
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:ics_cert:medtronic_n_vision_clinician_programmer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Ics Cert
Ics Cert medtronic N Vision Clinician Programmer
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Mon, 19 Aug 2024 20:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: icscert

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-26T14:26:52.840Z

Reserved: 2018-05-01T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-10631

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-05T07:46:46.502Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-07-13T19:29:00.213

Modified: 2025-08-26T15:15:38.060

Link: CVE-2018-10631

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.