Comparison Overview

Merck Group

VS

CVS Pharmacy

Merck Group

Frankfurter Str. 250, Darmstadt, DE, 64293
Last Update: 2025-12-01
Between 800 and 849

This channel is not intended for U.S. and Canadian visitors. Merck operates in the U.S. and Canada as EMD Serono in Healthcare, MilliporeSigma in Life Science and EMD Electronics in Electronics. An unaffiliated and unrelated company, Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, NJ, US holds the rights in the trademark MERCK in the U.S. and Canada. _______________________________ We are Merck, a leading global science and technology company headquartered in Germany. We are curious explorers, courageous pioneers, and ingenious inventors. Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Life Science, Healthcare, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and the planet. We believe in the positive power of science and technology. It has determined our actions since 1668 and inspires us to continue researching for a future worth living. As a family-owned company with over 350 years of experience, we stand for sustainability, responsibility, and innovative strength. We take pride in being a diverse and inclusive company that values and fosters the talents and abilities of our employees. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us. Work your Magic and join Merck. Legal Disclaimer: www.merckgroup.com/en/legal-disclaimer.html Data Privacy Declaration: www.merckgroup.com/en/privacy-statement

NAICS: 3254
NAICS Definition: Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
Employees: 32,133
Subsidiaries: 3
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
0
Attack type number
0

CVS Pharmacy

1 CVS Drive, None, Woonsocket, Rhode Island, US, 02895
Last Update: 2025-12-01

CVS Pharmacy is America’s leading retail pharmacy with more than 9,600 locations nationwide. For more than 50 years, CVS Pharmacy has offered customers the products and services they need to stay on their path to better health. In addition to our pharmacies, our stores feature on-trend beauty departments, photo labs and general merchandise. About CVS Health CVS Health is the leading health solutions company, delivering care like no one else can. We reach more people and improve the health of communities across America through our local presence, digital channels and over 300,000 dedicated colleagues – including more than 40,000 physicians, pharmacists, nurses and nurse practitioners. Wherever and whenever people need us, we help them with their health – whether that’s managing chronic diseases, staying compliant with their medications or accessing affordable health and wellness services in the most convenient ways. We help people navigate the health care system – and their personal health care – by improving access, lowering costs and being a trusted partner for every meaningful moment of health. And we do it all with heart, each and every day. Please note: We reserve the right to delete any posts that contain personal health information (PHI), personally identifiable information (PII), Sensitive Personal Information (SPI) or are approaching HIPAA violations. We reserve the right to remove comments that are discriminatory, harassing, bullying, threatening, defamatory, or unlawful.

NAICS: 3254
NAICS Definition: Pharmaceutical and Medicine Manufacturing
Employees: 53,044
Subsidiaries: 0
12-month incidents
0
Known data breaches
3
Attack type number
1

Compliance Badges Comparison

Security & Compliance Standards Overview

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Merck Group
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
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CVS Pharmacy
ISO 27001
ISO 27001 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 1
SOC2 Type 1 certification not verified
Not verified
SOC2 Type 2
SOC2 Type 2 certification not verified
Not verified
GDPR
GDPR certification not verified
Not verified
PCI DSS
PCI DSS certification not verified
Not verified
HIPAA
HIPAA certification not verified
Not verified
Compliance Summary
Merck Group
100%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified
CVS Pharmacy
0%
Compliance Rate
0/4 Standards Verified

Benchmark & Cyber Underwriting Signals

Incidents vs Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for Merck Group in 2025.

Incidents vs Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Industry Average (This Year)

No incidents recorded for CVS Pharmacy in 2025.

Incident History — Merck Group (X = Date, Y = Severity)

Merck Group cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Incident History — CVS Pharmacy (X = Date, Y = Severity)

CVS Pharmacy cyber incidents detection timeline including parent company and subsidiaries

Notable Incidents

Last 3 Security & Risk Events by Company

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Merck Group
Incidents

No Incident

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CVS Pharmacy
Incidents

Date Detected: 02/2022
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 1/2022
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Password Spraying
Blog: Blog

Date Detected: 6/2014
Type:Breach
Attack Vector: Unauthorized Access
Blog: Blog

FAQ

Merck Group company demonstrates a stronger AI Cybersecurity Score compared to CVS Pharmacy company, reflecting its advanced cybersecurity posture governance and monitoring frameworks.

CVS Pharmacy company has historically faced a number of disclosed cyber incidents, whereas Merck Group company has not reported any.

In the current year, CVS Pharmacy company and Merck Group company have not reported any cyber incidents.

Neither CVS Pharmacy company nor Merck Group company has reported experiencing a ransomware attack publicly.

CVS Pharmacy company has disclosed at least one data breach, while Merck Group company has not reported such incidents publicly.

Neither CVS Pharmacy company nor Merck Group company has reported experiencing targeted cyberattacks publicly.

Neither Merck Group company nor CVS Pharmacy company has reported experiencing or disclosing vulnerabilities publicly.

Neither Merck Group nor CVS Pharmacy holds any compliance certifications.

Neither company holds any compliance certifications.

Merck Group company has more subsidiaries worldwide compared to CVS Pharmacy company.

CVS Pharmacy company employs more people globally than Merck Group company, reflecting its scale as a Pharmaceutical Manufacturing.

Neither Merck Group nor CVS Pharmacy holds SOC 2 Type 1 certification.

Neither Merck Group nor CVS Pharmacy holds SOC 2 Type 2 certification.

Neither Merck Group nor CVS Pharmacy holds ISO 27001 certification.

Neither Merck Group nor CVS Pharmacy holds PCI DSS certification.

Neither Merck Group nor CVS Pharmacy holds HIPAA certification.

Neither Merck Group nor CVS Pharmacy holds GDPR certification.

Latest Global CVEs (Not Company-Specific)

Description

Sigstore Timestamp Authority is a service for issuing RFC 3161 timestamps. Prior to 2.0.3, Function api.ParseJSONRequest currently splits (via a call to strings.Split) an optionally-provided OID (which is untrusted data) on periods. Similarly, function api.getContentType splits the Content-Type header (which is also untrusted data) on an application string. As a result, in the face of a malicious request with either an excessively long OID in the payload containing many period characters or a malformed Content-Type header, a call to api.ParseJSONRequest or api.getContentType incurs allocations of O(n) bytes (where n stands for the length of the function's argument). This vulnerability is fixed in 2.0.3.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.5
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description

Monkeytype is a minimalistic and customizable typing test. In 25.49.0 and earlier, there is improper handling of user input which allows an attacker to execute malicious javascript on anyone viewing a malicious quote submission. quote.text and quote.source are user input, and they're inserted straight into the DOM. If they contain HTML tags, they will be rendered (after some escaping using quotes and textarea tags).

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 7.1
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

SysReptor is a fully customizable pentest reporting platform. Prior to 2025.102, there is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability allows authenticated users to execute malicious JavaScript in the context of other logged-in users by uploading malicious JavaScript files in the web UI. This vulnerability is fixed in 2025.102.

Risk Information
cvss3
Base: 7.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Description

Taiko Alethia is an Ethereum-equivalent, permissionless, based rollup designed to scale Ethereum without compromising its fundamental properties. In 2.3.1 and earlier, TaikoInbox._verifyBatches (packages/protocol/contracts/layer1/based/TaikoInbox.sol:627-678) advanced the local tid to whatever transition matched the current blockHash before knowing whether that batch would actually be verified. When the loop later broke (e.g., cooldown window not yet passed or transition invalidated), the function still wrote that newer tid into batches[lastVerifiedBatchId].verifiedTransitionId after decrementing batchId. Result: the last verified batch could end up pointing at a transition index from the next batch (often zeroed), corrupting the verified chain pointer.

Risk Information
cvss4
Base: 8.0
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
Description

A flaw has been found in youlaitech youlai-mall 1.0.0/2.0.0. Affected is the function getById/updateAddress/deleteAddress of the file /mall-ums/app-api/v1/addresses/. Executing manipulation can lead to improper control of dynamically-identified variables. The attack can be executed remotely. The exploit has been published and may be used. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Risk Information
cvss2
Base: 6.5
Severity: LOW
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
cvss3
Base: 6.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
cvss4
Base: 5.3
Severity: LOW
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X