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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 // Leica Biosystems // Products

Aperio GT 450 DX; Aperio GT 180 DX

Whole Slide Imaging System. Attributes come from Leica Biosystems's own public documentation for this product.

Attributes

Signals
Handles patient data Remote access DICOM or image parsing Off-the-shelf software Hospital network
Properties (MITRE EMB3D)
PID-31 Application-level software is present and running on the device PID-311 Device includes the usage of a web/HTTP applications PID-312 Device includes programming languages and libraries PID-33 Device includes interactive applications, services, or user interfaces 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: materials
PHP
Attributes: component types
API Display Framework Generic Application Library Local Application Local Service User Interface Web Application
Attributes: assets
Patient Data
Attributes: dataflows
Glass slides to digital images via Aperio GT 450 DX (scan and view)

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 Leica Biosystems has said.

AdvisoryDateSharedLeica Biosystems status
Mira’s cloud login accepted any password and returned a session tokenAug 11, 2026Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No feedback feed from manufacturer
Missing authentication on a DNA sequencer control planeOct 21, 2025Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No feedback feed from manufacturer
A legacy cardiology system, end-of-service since 2014, recalled for securityJun 10, 2025Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No feedback feed from manufacturer
Dario Health glucose monitoring app and servers exposed cross-user health dataFeb 27, 2025Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-311No feedback feed from manufacturer

Threats and weaknesses in matched advisories

MITRE EMB3D threats
TID-210 Device Vulnerabilities Unpatchable TID-222 Critical System Service May Be Disabled TID-226 Device leaks security information in logs TID-310 Remotely Accessible Unauthenticated Services 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-319 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) TID-324 HTTP Direct Object Reference TID-328 Hardcoded Credentials 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-1104 Use of Unmaintained Third Party Components CWE-1329 Reliance on Component That is Not Updateable CWE-1390 Weak Authentication CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor CWE-284 Improper Access Control CWE-287 Improper Authentication CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key