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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

EchoPAC Software Only, EchoPAC Plug-in

Automated Radiological Image Processing Software. Attributes come from GE HealthCare's own public documentation for this product.

Attributes

Signals
Patient or study database Handles patient data Wired network HL7 or FHIR integration DICOM or image parsing Hospital network
Properties (MITRE EMB3D)
PID-27 Device includes support for firmware/software updates 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
Firmware Generic Application Local Application Local Service User Interface
Attributes: interface types
TCP TLS
Attributes: assets
Firmware Patient Data Report Data

Matched threat intel

3

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
GE Healthcare imaging and ultrasound systems expose default service credentialsDec 8, 2020Names the affected productNo feedback feed from manufacturer
GE Healthcare ultrasound systems let a local user escape Kiosk Mode to the operating systemFeb 18, 2020Names the affected productNo feedback feed from manufacturer
Siemens Healthineers fixes seven web service flaws in syngo Dynamics before VA40G HF01Nov 17, 2022Same FDA device typeNo feedback feed from manufacturer

Threats and weaknesses in matched advisories

MITRE EMB3D threats
TID-204 Untrusted Programs Can Access Privileged OS Functions TID-205 Existing OS Tools Maliciously Used for Device Manipulation TID-219 OS/Kernel Privilege Escalation TID-311 Default Credentials TID-328 Hardcoded Credentials TID-329 Improper Password Storage TID-408 Unencrypted Sensitive Data Communication TID-411 Weak/Insecure Cryptographic Protocol
CWE weaknesses
CWE-1392 Use of Default Credentials CWE-319 Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials