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UK Cyber Defence
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CVE-2023-31222

Deserialization of untrusted data in Microsoft Messaging Queuing Service in Medtronic's Paceart Optima versions 1.11 and earlier on Windows allows an unauthorized user to impact a healthcare delivery organization’s Paceart Optima system cardiac device…

HIGH 8.8EPSS 28.5%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 28.5%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Deserialization of untrusted data in Microsoft Messaging Queuing Service in Medtronic's Paceart Optima versions 1.11 and earlier on Windows allows an unauthorized user to impact a healthcare delivery organization’s Paceart Optima system cardiac device causing data to be deleted, stolen, or modified, or the Paceart Optima system being used for further network penetration via network connectivity.

CVSS 3.1
8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
28.49% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-502
Affected
medtronic/paceart optima
Source
security@medtronic.com
EPSS trend
0%15%30%3 November 2026: 28.49%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 28.5% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.