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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 // Johnson & Johnson MedTech // Products

MONARCH Platform

Bronchoscope (Flexible Or Rigid). Attributes come from Johnson & Johnson MedTech's own public documentation for this product.

Attributes

Signals
Therapy delivery Removable media USB port Wired network DICOM or image parsing Field-updatable firmware
Properties (MITRE EMB3D)
PID-14 Device includes external peripheral interconnects (e.g., USB, Serial) 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
Actuator Circuit Board Display Firmware Generic Application Generic Hardware Local Application Local Service Sensor Modules Storage User Interface
Attributes: interface types
Ethernet USB
Attributes: assets
Firmware Patient Data Software Code Software Update
Attributes: dataflows
Cone Beam CT System to MONARCH Platform (3D imaging data over Ethernet) Cone Beam CT System to MONARCH Platform over Ethernet (3D imaging data) Controller to Bronchoscope (user inputs via electromechanical system)

Matched threat intel

6

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 Johnson & Johnson MedTech has said.

AdvisoryDateSharedJohnson & Johnson MedTech status
A DICOM viewer that did not check its update server certificateFeb 20, 2025Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-27No feedback feed from manufacturer
MicroDicom DICOM Viewer 2024.03 fails to validate its update server certificateFeb 6, 2025Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-27No feedback feed from manufacturer
A patient monitor with a hidden backdoor that phones homeJan 30, 2025Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-27No feedback feed from manufacturer
Medtronic 2090 CareLink and 29901 Encore programmers accept updates without verifying their originFeb 27, 2018Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-27No feedback feed from manufacturer
Baxter Welch Allyn Connex Spot Monitor used a default cryptographic keyMay 30, 2024Same signalsNo feedback feed from manufacturer
Medtronic CareLink 9790, 2090 and Encore 29901 programmers store patient data unencryptedDec 13, 2018Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-108No feedback feed from manufacturer

Threats and weaknesses in matched advisories

MITRE EMB3D threats
TID-116 Latent Privileged Access Port TID-211 Device Allows Unauthenticated Firmware Installation TID-213 Faulty FW/SW Update Integrity Verification TID-215 Unencrypted SW/FW Updates TID-221 Authentication Bypass By Message Replay TID-224 Excessive Access via Software Diagnostic Features TID-310 Remotely Accessible Unauthenticated Services TID-316 Incorrect Certificate Verification Allows Authentication Bypass TID-317 Predictable Cryptographic Key TID-323 Path Traversal TID-327 Out of Bounds Memory Access TID-329 Improper Password Storage TID-401 Undocumented Protocol Features TID-406 Unauthorized Messages or Connections TID-408 Unencrypted Sensitive Data Communication
CWE weaknesses
CWE-294 Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code CWE-912 Hidden Functionality CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort