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A proposed class action accuses University Hospitals of negligence after an October 22 cyberattack that took its MyChart portal offline; the Cleveland patient's suit, filed October 28, claims more than a million records were exposed, a number University Hospitals has not confirmed. University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center disclosed a cyberattack October 26 that diverted ambulances for about two hours; the BYOD extortion group claims it compromised 36,000 systems, a figure UNM has not confirmed. Philips updated its Node2Shell advisory October 27 for CVE-2026-111497, the Node.js Brotli decoder flaw it first flagged October 26 against PIC iX 4.x; the advisory still names no impacted products or fixed version. Philips updated its PHP2Shell advisory October 27 for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, adding five more affected products including IntelliSpace Portal V12 and Philips Axon to the seven already listed. NorthShore Health Centers disclosed a data breach to patients October 27, one of several Midwest provider notifications issued that week. Denver Health Medical Plan notified more than 238,000 members October 26 about a vendor-related data incident. A proposed class action accuses University Hospitals of negligence after an October 22 cyberattack that took its MyChart portal offline; the Cleveland patient's suit, filed October 28, claims more than a million records were exposed, a number University Hospitals has not confirmed. University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center disclosed a cyberattack October 26 that diverted ambulances for about two hours; the BYOD extortion group claims it compromised 36,000 systems, a figure UNM has not confirmed. Philips updated its Node2Shell advisory October 27 for CVE-2026-111497, the Node.js Brotli decoder flaw it first flagged October 26 against PIC iX 4.x; the advisory still names no impacted products or fixed version. Philips updated its PHP2Shell advisory October 27 for CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619, adding five more affected products including IntelliSpace Portal V12 and Philips Axon to the seven already listed. NorthShore Health Centers disclosed a data breach to patients October 27, one of several Midwest provider notifications issued that week. Denver Health Medical Plan notified more than 238,000 members October 26 about a vendor-related data incident.
Saturday, October 31, 2026 Issue #499  ·  Est. 2025
Independent brief for device makers
Manufacturers // Baxter // Products

Welch Allyn Connex Spot Monitor; 901058 Vital Signs Monitor Core

Monitor, Physiological, Patient (Without Arrhythmia Detection Or Alarms). Attributes come from Baxter's own public documentation for this product.

Attributes

Signals
Handles patient data USB port Remote access Wired network Wireless connectivity HL7 or FHIR integration Physiological waveform processing Hospital network
Properties (MITRE EMB3D)
PID-14 Device includes external peripheral interconnects (e.g., USB, Serial) PID-41 Device exposes remote network services
Attributes: component types
Circuit Board Generic Hardware Local Service Sensor Modules
Attributes: interface types
Bluetooth Ethernet USB WiFi
Attributes: assets
Patient Data User Data
Attributes: dataflows
Connex Spot Monitor to central station (remote display and alarming) Connex Spot Monitor to electronic record systems (patient data via USB, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth or ethernet) External and accessory devices to Connex Spot Monitor (weight, height, barcode scanned patient and clinician data)

Matched threat intel

8

Advisories in our coverage that share an attribute with this product. A shared attribute is a lead, not a finding. The status column shows only what Baxter has said.

AdvisoryDateSharedBaxter status
Boston Scientific ZOOM LATITUDE PRM Model 3120 accepts unsigned software from USB and can be re-regionedSep 30, 2021Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-14No feedback feed from manufacturer
GE Aestiva and Aespire anesthesia devices can have alarms silenced through unsecured terminal serversJul 9, 2019Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-14No feedback feed from manufacturer
Missing authentication lets an attacker rewrite a cardiac wearableMay 28, 2026Same signalsNo feedback feed from manufacturer
Fresenius lists Conox anesthesia monitor as affected by BLUFFS Bluetooth flawApr 10, 2024Same signalsNo feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips Veradius Unity, Pulsera and Endura Dual WAN routers use weak encryptionDec 19, 2019Same signalsNo feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips IntelliVue MX40 WLAN monitors can drop local alarming after 802.11 faultsSep 12, 2017Same signalsNo feedback feed from manufacturer
Empty passwords and cleartext storage in a home cardiac monitorJul 24, 2025Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-111No feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips Gemini PET/CT systems write sensitive data to removable media without access controlMar 25, 2021Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-111No feedback feed from manufacturer

Threats and weaknesses in matched advisories

MITRE EMB3D threats
TID-111 Untrusted External Storage TID-210 Device Vulnerabilities Unpatchable TID-211 Device Allows Unauthenticated Firmware Installation TID-213 Faulty FW/SW Update Integrity Verification TID-215 Unencrypted SW/FW Updates TID-222 Critical System Service May Be Disabled TID-226 Device leaks security information in logs TID-310 Remotely Accessible Unauthenticated Services TID-311 Default Credentials TID-316 Incorrect Certificate Verification Allows Authentication Bypass TID-324 HTTP Direct Object Reference TID-326 Insecure Deserialization TID-328 Hardcoded Credentials TID-329 Improper Password Storage TID-404 Remotely Triggerable Deadlock/DoS TID-405 Network Stack Resource Exhaustion TID-406 Unauthorized Messages or Connections TID-407 Missing Message Replay Protection TID-408 Unencrypted Sensitive Data Communication TID-411 Weak/Insecure Cryptographic Protocol
CWE weaknesses
CWE-1188 Insecure Default Initialization of Resource CWE-20 Improper Input Validation CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions CWE-284 Improper Access Control CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing CWE-294 Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key