CVE-2018-8870: Medtronic 24950 Mycarelink Monitor Firmware

Medium severity, CVSS 6.4. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Medtronic 24950 MyCareLink Monitor and 24952 MyCareLink Monitor contains a hard-coded operating system password. An attacker with physical access can remove the case of the device, connect to the debug port, and use the password to gain privileged access to the operating system.

Affected products

• Medtronic 24950 Mycarelink Monitor Firmware: affected versions not specified
• Medtronic 24952 Mycarelink Monitor Firmware: affected versions not specified

Published 2018-07-03. Last modified 2026-06-17.