# CVE-2025-12996: Information disclosure in CareLink Network

> A local attacker with log file access can view plaintext passwords from error logs in the Medtronic CareLink Network API server.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 9 Dec 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-4g7h-2qwj-w6hw

## What is CVE-2025-12996?

CVE-2025-12996 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Medtronic CareLink Network, published on 4 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Medtronic CareLink Network allows a local attacker with access to log files on an internal API server to view plaintext passwords from errors logged under certain circumstances. This issue affects CareLink Network: before December 4, 2025.

Weakness: CWE-532 (Insertion of Sensitive Information into Log File)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-12996?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Medtronic Carelink Network.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-12996?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-12996 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-12996 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-12996 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Medtronic CareLink Network

- [CVE-2025-12995](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12995/): Auth bypass in CareLink Network (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2025-12994](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12994/): Information disclosure in CareLink Network (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2025-12997](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12997/): Information disclosure in CareLink Network (low 2.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-12996 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-12996 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Medtronic CareLink Network, published on 4 Dec 2025. 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-2025-12996 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Medtronic CareLink Network. 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-2025-12996/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12996/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-12996
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-12996
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-12996

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-12996/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.