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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 // GE HealthCare // Products

Carescape B650

Monitor, Physiological, Patient(With Arrhythmia Detection Or Alarms). Attributes come from GE HealthCare's own public documentation for this product.

Attributes

Signals
Handles patient data Wireless connectivity Physiological waveform processing
Properties (MITRE EMB3D)
PID-14 Device includes external peripheral interconnects (e.g., USB, Serial) PID-31 Application-level software is present and running on the device PID-33 Device includes interactive applications, services, or user interfaces PID-41 Device exposes remote network services
Attributes: component types
Circuit Board Generic Application Local Application Local Service User Interface
Attributes: assets
Telemetry Data

Matched threat intel

4

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 GE HealthCare has said.

AdvisoryDateSharedGE HealthCare status
Two maximum-severity flaws in a ventilation systemNov 14, 2024Same 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
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-115 Firmware/Data Extraction via Hardware Interface TID-116 Latent Privileged Access Port TID-119 Latent Hardware Debug Port Allows Memory/Code Manipulation TID-226 Device leaks security information in logs TID-310 Remotely Accessible Unauthenticated Services TID-314 Passwords Can Be Guessed Using Brute-Force Attempts TID-316 Incorrect Certificate Verification Allows Authentication Bypass TID-324 HTTP Direct Object Reference TID-326 Insecure Deserialization TID-328 Hardcoded Credentials TID-404 Remotely Triggerable Deadlock/DoS TID-406 Unauthorized Messages or Connections TID-407 Missing Message Replay Protection TID-408 Unencrypted Sensitive Data Communication
CWE weaknesses
CWE-1191 On-Chip Debug and Test Interface With Improper Access Control CWE-1313 Hardware Allows Activation of Test or Debug Logic at Runtime CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor 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-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key