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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 // Intuitive // Products

da Vinci Xi Surgical System, da Vinci X Surgical System

System, Surgical, Computer Controlled Instrument. Attributes come from Intuitive's own public documentation for this product.

Attributes

Signals
User accounts Therapy delivery Cloud connectivity Remote access
Properties (MITRE EMB3D)
PID-31 Application-level software is present and running on the device PID-33 Device includes interactive applications, services, or user interfaces PID-332 Device includes authenticated services PID-41 Device exposes remote network services PID-411 Device exposes remote services with the ability to send, receive, view or modify sensitive information or configurations
Attributes: component types
API Cloud Service Display Generic Application Local Application Local Service User Interface
Attributes: interface types
TCP
Attributes: assets
Software Configuration User Data
Attributes: dataflows
Intuitive Surgical employees to IS4000 systems (remote feature configuration) da Vinci system to Intuitive cloud data server (surgeon user preferences)

Matched threat intel

35

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 Intuitive has said.

AdvisoryDateSharedIntuitive status
Path traversal in Thermo Fisher's Torrent Suite lets authenticated users read server filesOct 15, 2026Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-332No feedback feed from manufacturer
Mira’s cloud login accepted any password and returned a session tokenAug 11, 2026Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No feedback feed from manufacturer
A hard-coded VNC password on a bioreactor, base score 9.8May 26, 2026Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-332No feedback feed from manufacturer
Login credentials exposed on the workstation in a GE imaging viewerMar 16, 2026Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-332No feedback feed from manufacturer
User enumeration on the CareLink Network, found at a conferenceDec 4, 2025Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-332No feedback feed from manufacturer
Missing authentication on a DNA sequencer control planeOct 21, 2025Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-332No feedback feed from manufacturer
BD Synapsys sessions did not expire, risking changes to patient dataMay 31, 2022Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-332No feedback feed from manufacturer
GE Healthcare imaging and ultrasound systems expose default service credentialsDec 8, 2020Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No feedback feed from manufacturer
Medtronic MyCareLink 24950 and 24952 monitors store upload credentials in a recoverable formatAug 7, 2018Same signalsNo feedback feed from manufacturer
Cepheid GeneXpert Xpress 6.4a ships without Windows speculative execution mitigationsMar 11, 2026Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-311No feedback feed from manufacturer
Stored passwords recoverable in a Siemens imaging platformFeb 10, 2026Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Hard-coded credentials and client-side auth in nuclear-medicine softwareDec 2, 2025Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Empty passwords and cleartext storage in a home cardiac monitorJul 24, 2025Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-328No feedback feed from manufacturer
Default credentials across a line of diagnostic instrumentsDec 17, 2024Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips Vue PACS before 12.2.8.410 ships a default database password and can be overloadedJul 18, 2024Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Baxter Welch Allyn Connex Spot Monitor used a default cryptographic keyMay 30, 2024Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Softneta MedDream PACS allows unauthenticated remote code executionSep 5, 2023Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Hillrom Welch Allyn ELI resting electrocardiographs contain hard-coded passwordsJun 16, 2022Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
BD Viper LT system uses hard-coded credentials that expose patient dataMar 3, 2022Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
BD Pyxis dispensing and supply systems ship with hard-coded credentials across 24 productsMar 3, 2022Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Swisslog Translogic Nexus Control Panel ships hard-coded root passwords and unvalidated updatesAug 3, 2021Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips DreamMapper 2.24 and earlier write attacker-useful details to log filesJul 30, 2020Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-311No feedback feed from manufacturer
OpenClinic GA advisory lists authentication bypass, file upload and SQL abuse flawsJul 2, 2020Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
BIOTRONIK CardioMessenger II-S home monitors store recoverable credentials and leak them in cleartextJun 18, 2020Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips IntelliBridge Enterprise writes plaintext EMR credentials into its transaction logsJun 11, 2020Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Medtronic CareLink 9790, 2090 and Encore 29901 programmers store patient data unencryptedDec 13, 2018Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips HealthSuite Health Android app uses encryption too weak for its dataDec 6, 2018Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips iSite and IntelliSpace PACS carry default credentials in third-party softwareNov 8, 2018Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Change Healthcare PeerVue Web Server leaks technical details in HTTP error messagesOct 4, 2018Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-311No feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips PageWriter TC cardiographs expose a hard-coded superuser password and unchecked inputAug 16, 2018Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
BeaconMedaes TotalAlert Scroll Medical Air Systems expose stored passwords to unauthenticated usersMay 24, 2018Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips IntelliSpace Cardiovascular and Xcelera store credentials in cleartextNov 14, 2017Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Boston Scientific ZOOM LATITUDE PRM uses a hard-coded key and leaves patient data unencryptedOct 19, 2017Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips DoseWise Portal hard-codes its database credentials and stores logins in clear textAug 17, 2017Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer
BD Kiestra PerformA and KLA Journal Service use a hard-coded database passwordMar 23, 2017Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-329No feedback feed from manufacturer

Threats and weaknesses in matched advisories

MITRE EMB3D threats
TID-103 Microarchitectural Side Channels TID-111 Untrusted External Storage TID-204 Untrusted Programs Can Access Privileged OS Functions TID-205 Existing OS Tools Maliciously Used for Device Manipulation TID-211 Device Allows Unauthenticated Firmware Installation TID-219 OS/Kernel Privilege Escalation TID-221 Authentication Bypass By Message Replay TID-226 Device leaks security information in logs TID-301 Applications Binaries Modified TID-303 Excessive Trust in Offboard Management/IDE Software TID-310 Remotely Accessible Unauthenticated Services TID-311 Default Credentials TID-313 Unauthenticated Session Changes Credential TID-314 Passwords Can Be Guessed Using Brute-Force Attempts TID-316 Incorrect Certificate Verification Allows Authentication Bypass TID-317 Predictable Cryptographic Key TID-318 Insecure Cryptographic Implementation TID-319 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) TID-323 Path Traversal TID-324 HTTP Direct Object Reference TID-326 Insecure Deserialization TID-327 Out of Bounds Memory Access TID-328 Hardcoded Credentials TID-329 Improper Password Storage TID-401 Undocumented Protocol Features TID-405 Network Stack Resource Exhaustion TID-406 Unauthorized Messages or Connections TID-408 Unencrypted Sensitive Data Communication
CWE weaknesses
CWE-1188 Insecure Default Initialization of Resource CWE-1390 Weak Authentication CWE-1392 Use of Default Credentials CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions CWE-284 Improper Access Control CWE-287 Improper Authentication CWE-294 Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort