# CVE-2019-13539: Medtronic Valleylab FT10 and FX8 Reversible One-way Hash

> Medtronic energy platforms use weak password hashing, allowing attackers with local access to recover credentials and escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** High 7.0 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 Nov 2019
- **Updated:** 22 May 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hv9m-498v-fp67

## What is CVE-2019-13539?

CVE-2019-13539 is a high-severity vulnerability in Medtronic Valleylab Exchange Client, published on 8 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official 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 the descrypt algorithm for OS password hashing. While interactive, network-based logons are disabled, and attackers can use the other vulnerabilities within this report to obtain local shell access and access these hashes.

Weakness: CWE-326 (Inadequate Encryption Strength), CWE-328 (Use of Weak Hash)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13539?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Medtronic Valleylab Exchange Client, Medtronic Valleylab Ft10 Energy Platform Firmware, Medtronic Valleylab Fx8 Energy Platform Firmware.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-13539?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-13539 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-13539 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13539 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Medtronic Valleylab Exchange Client

- [CVE-2019-13543](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13543/): Medtronic Valleylab FT10 and FX8 Use of Hard-coded Credentials (medium 5.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-13539 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-13539 is a high-severity vulnerability in Medtronic Valleylab Exchange Client, published on 8 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13539 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Medtronic Valleylab Exchange Client. 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-2019-13539/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13539/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-13539
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-13539
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-13539

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-13539/
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