CVE-2019-13543
Medtronic Valleylab FT10 and FX8 Use of Hard-coded Credentials
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- icscert
Description
Medtronic Valleylab Exchange Client version 3.4 and below, Valleylab FT10 Energy Platform (VLFT10GEN) software version 4.0.0 and below, and Valleylab FX8 Energy Platform (VLFX8GEN) software version 1.1.0 and below use multiple sets of hard-coded credentials. If discovered, they can be used to read files on the device.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| icscertCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium5.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
Medtronic · Valleylab Exchange Client
- affected ≤ 3.4
Medtronic · Valleylab FT10 Energy Platform (VLFT10GEN)
- affected ≤ software version 4.0.0
Medtronic · Valleylab FX8 Energy Platform (VLFX8GEN)
- affected ≤ software version 1.1.0
What to do
Solution: Software patches are currently available for the FT10 platform and will be available in early 2020 for the FX8 platform. Until these updates can be applied, Medtronic recommends to either disconnect affected products from IP networks or to segregate those networks, such that the devices are not accessible from an untrusted network (e.g., Internet). Patches can be downloaded at the following location: https://www.medtronic.com/covidien/en-us/support/software.html Medtronic has released additional patient focused information, at the following location: https://www.medtronic.com/security
References (3)
- https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-19-311-02 (opens in a new tab)
- https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/valleylab-generator-rfid-vulnerabilities.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://www.us-cert.gov/ics/advisories/icsma-19-311-02 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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