What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-12995?

CVE-2025-12995 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1 (High). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.1%.

Which versions of Carelink Network are affected by CVE-2025-12995?

Medtronic CareLink Network contains an authentication vulnerability allowing unauthenticated attackers to brute force user passwords through an API endpoint, potentially compromising patient data and…

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-12995?

Within 24 hours: Inventory all CareLink Network deployments and notify Medtronic support of your environment. Within 7 days: Implement network-level access controls restricting API endpoint access to authorized users/networks, enable enhanced logging on authentication attempts, and establish daily monitoring for suspicious login activity. Within 30 days: Deploy WAF rules to rate-limit API authentication requests, enforce IP whitelisting where possible, and prepare patch deployment plan for December 4, 2025 release.

Carelink Network CVE-2025-12995

EUVD-2025-201285 HIGH

Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts (CWE-307)

2025-12-04 security@medtronic.com

Information Disclosure Carelink Network

8.1

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

8.1 HIGH

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

EUVD ID Assigned

Mar 15, 2026 - 16:35 euvd

EUVD-2025-201285

Analysis Generated

Mar 15, 2026 - 16:35 vuln.today

CVE Published

Dec 04, 2025 - 20:16 nvd

HIGH 8.1

DescriptionCVE.org

Medtronic CareLink Network allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to perform a brute force attack on an API endpoint that could be used to determine a valid password under certain circumstances. This issue affects CareLink Network: before December 4, 2025.