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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 // Siemens Healthineers // Products

Cios Select (VA21) Flat Panel

Interventional Fluoroscopic X-Ray System. Attributes come from Siemens Healthineers's own public documentation for this product.

Attributes

Signals
Removable media USB port Field-updatable firmware
Properties (MITRE EMB3D)
PID-123 Device includes ROM, VRAM, or removable Storage PID-14 Device includes external peripheral interconnects (e.g., USB, Serial) PID-31 Application-level software is present and running on the device PID-33 Device includes interactive applications, services, or user interfaces
Attributes: component types
Circuit Board Display Generic Application Local Application Storage User Interface
Attributes: interface types
USB

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 Siemens Healthineers has said.

AdvisoryDateSharedSiemens Healthineers status
Two maximum-severity flaws in a ventilation systemNov 14, 2024Same 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
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

Threats and weaknesses in matched advisories

MITRE EMB3D threats
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-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-310 Remotely Accessible Unauthenticated Services TID-311 Default Credentials TID-314 Passwords Can Be Guessed Using Brute-Force Attempts TID-328 Hardcoded Credentials TID-329 Improper Password Storage TID-406 Unauthorized Messages or Connections TID-408 Unencrypted Sensitive Data Communication
CWE weaknesses
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-276 Incorrect Default Permissions CWE-345 Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity CWE-494 Download of Code Without Integrity Check