CVE-2019-18256
BIOTRONIK CardioMessenger II, The affected products use individual per-device credentials that...
BIOTRONIK CardioMessenger II, The affected products use individual per-device credentials that are stored in a recoverable format. An attacker with physical access to the CardioMessenger can use these credentials for network authentication and decryption of local data in transit.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Physical
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
BIOTRONIK CardioMessenger II, The affected products use individual per-device credentials that are stored in a recoverable format. An attacker with physical access to the CardioMessenger can use these credentials for network authentication and decryption of local data in transit.
- Record
CVE-2019-18256- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 Low
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-257, CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
BIOTRONIK CardioMessenger II, The affected products use individual per-device credentials that are stored in a recoverable format. An attacker with physical access to the CardioMessenger can use these credentials for network authentication and decryption of local data in transit.
- Record
CVE-2019-18256- Weakness
- CWE-257
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2019-8054 No score
BIOTRONIK CardioMessenger II, The affected products use individual per-device credentials that are stored in a recoverable format. An attacker with physical access to the CardioMessenger can use these credentials for network authentication and decryption of local data in transit.
- Record
EUVD-2019-8054- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-qhvv-89m3-h89m No score
BIOTRONIK CardioMessenger II, The affected products use individual per-device credentials that...
BIOTRONIK CardioMessenger II, The affected products use individual per-device credentials that are stored in a recoverable format. An attacker with physical access to the CardioMessenger can use these credentials for network authentication and decryption of local data in transit.
- Record
GHSA-qhvv-89m3-h89m- Weakness
- CWE-522
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2019-18256 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.6) in Biotronik Cardiomessenger Ii-s Gsm Firmware, published June 29, 2020. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.36%, the 29th percentile. No source names a fixed version.