CVE-2019-13543 — Medtronic Valleylab Exchange Client version 3

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 multiple sets of hard-coded credentials. If discovered, they c

01What is this vulnerability?

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 multiple sets of hard-coded credentials. If discovered, they can be used to read files on the device.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Medtronic	Valleylab Exchange Client	0
Medtronic	Valleylab FT10 Energy Platform (VLFT10GEN)	0
Medtronic	Valleylab FX8 Energy Platform (VLFX8GEN)	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2019-11-08T19:03:51.000Z
• Last modified: 2025-05-22T19:03:49.976Z

09References

• www.cisa.gov — https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-medical-advisories/icsma-19-311-02
• global.medtronic.com — https://global.medtronic.com/xg-en/product-security/security-bulletins/valleylab…