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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 // Medtronic // Products

Endoflip 300

System, Gastrointestinal Motility (Electrical). Attributes come from Medtronic's own public documentation for this product.

Attributes

Signals
Patient or study database Therapy delivery USB port Wired network Field-updatable firmware Named operating system Off-the-shelf software Hospital network
Properties (MITRE EMB3D)
PID-11 Device includes a microprocessor PID-14 Device includes external peripheral interconnects (e.g., USB, Serial) PID-21 Device includes a bootloader PID-23 Device includes OS/kernel 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
Bootloader CPU Circuit Board Display Firmware Generic Application Local Application Local Service MCU / SOC / SOM Operating System Pump Sensor Modules User Interface
Attributes: interface types
Ethernet USB
Attributes: assets
Firmware Report Data Sensor Data Software Code
Attributes: dataflows
Balloon catheter to Pump System (data acquisition) Display System to Clinic/Hospital Network over Ethernet USB Device to Personal Computer (Reader software installation)

Matched threat intel

16

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 Medtronic has said.

AdvisoryDateSharedMedtronic status
Cepheid GeneXpert Xpress 6.4a ships without Windows speculative execution mitigationsMar 11, 2026Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-23No feedback feed from manufacturer
A heart pump controller drew a Class I recall with no attacker in sightOct 14, 2025Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-23No feedback feed from manufacturer
A legacy cardiology system, end-of-service since 2014, recalled for securityJun 10, 2025Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-23No feedback feed from manufacturer
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
Thermo Fisher Xcalibur and Foundation driver packages allow local privilege escalationJan 22, 2025Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-23No feedback feed from manufacturer
Two maximum-severity flaws in a ventilation systemNov 14, 2024Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-14No feedback feed from manufacturer
BD BodyGuard infusion pumps can be reconfigured through the RS-232 portDec 1, 2022Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-14No feedback feed from manufacturer
Boston Scientific ZOOM LATITUDE PRM Model 3120 accepts unsigned software from USB and can be re-regionedSep 30, 2021Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-14No feedback feed from manufacturer
Capsule Technologies SmartLinx Neuron 2 kiosk escapes to admin with a USB keyboardJul 14, 2020Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-23No feedback feed from manufacturer
GE Healthcare ultrasound systems let a local user escape Kiosk Mode to the operating systemFeb 18, 2020Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-23No feedback feed from manufacturer
GE Aestiva and Aespire anesthesia devices can have alarms silenced through unsecured terminal serversJul 9, 2019Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-14No feedback feed from manufacturer
Canon Medical holds off on Meltdown and Spectre patches for its diagnostic imaging equipmentJan 15, 2018Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-11No feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips issues WannaCry guidance naming IntelliSpace Portal Workstation IX and Event ManagementMay 15, 2017Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-23No feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips IntelliVue Information Center iX B.02 can be knocked offline by repeated UDP requestsAug 21, 2018Same signalsNo feedback feed from manufacturer

Threats and weaknesses in matched advisories

MITRE EMB3D threats
TID-103 Microarchitectural Side Channels 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-202 Exploitable System Network Stack Component TID-204 Untrusted Programs Can Access Privileged OS Functions TID-205 Existing OS Tools Maliciously Used for Device Manipulation TID-210 Device Vulnerabilities Unpatchable TID-211 Device Allows Unauthenticated Firmware Installation TID-213 Faulty FW/SW Update Integrity Verification TID-215 Unencrypted SW/FW Updates TID-219 OS/Kernel Privilege Escalation TID-222 Critical System Service May Be Disabled TID-224 Excessive Access via Software Diagnostic Features TID-310 Remotely Accessible Unauthenticated Services TID-311 Default Credentials TID-314 Passwords Can Be Guessed Using Brute-Force Attempts TID-316 Incorrect Certificate Verification Allows Authentication Bypass TID-327 Out of Bounds Memory Access TID-328 Hardcoded Credentials TID-329 Improper Password Storage TID-401 Undocumented Protocol Features TID-404 Remotely Triggerable Deadlock/DoS TID-405 Network Stack Resource Exhaustion TID-406 Unauthorized Messages or Connections TID-408 Unencrypted Sensitive Data Communication
CWE weaknesses
CWE-1104 Use of Unmaintained Third Party Components CWE-1188 Insecure Default Initialization of Resource 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-1329 Reliance on Component That is Not Updateable CWE-20 Improper Input Validation CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check CWE-506 Embedded Malicious Code CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials CWE-912 Hidden Functionality