# CVE-2018-10634: Medtronic MiniMed MMT-500/MMT-503 Remote Controllers Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

> Attackers can capture cleartext wireless communications from Medtronic MiniMed pumps to extract sensitive device information like serial numbers.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Aug 2018
- **Updated:** 22 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fxw8-j27m-3752

## What is CVE-2018-10634?

CVE-2018-10634 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Medtronic MMT – 511 pump Paradigm, published on 13 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Communications between Medtronic MiniMed MMT pumps and wireless accessories are transmitted in cleartext. A sufficiently skilled attacker could capture these transmissions and extract sensitive information, such as device serial numbers.

Weakness: CWE-319 (Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-10634?

It affects 9 products.


Products: Medtronic Minimed 530g Mmt-551 Firmware, Medtronic Minimed 530g Mmt-751 Firmware, Medtronic Minimed Paradigm 508 Insulin Pump Firmware, Medtronic Minimed Paradigm Real-Time Mmt-522 Firmware, Medtronic Minimed Paradigm Real-Time Mmt-722 Firmware, Medtronic Minimed Paradigm Revel Mmt-523 Firmware, Medtronic Minimed Paradigm Revel Mmt-523k Firmware, Medtronic Minimed Paradigm Revel Mmt-723 Firmware, Medtronic Minimed Paradigm Revel Mmt-723k Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-10634?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-10634 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-10634 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10634 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-10634 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-10634 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Medtronic MMT – 511 pump Paradigm, published on 13 Aug 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-10634 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Medtronic MMT – 511 pump Paradigm. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10634/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10634/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-10634
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-10634
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-10634

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-10634/
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