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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 // Stryker // Products

Connected OR Hub with Device and Voice Control

Laparoscope, General & Plastic Surgery. Attributes come from Stryker's own public documentation for this product.

Attributes

Signals
Patient or study database Mobile app Closed-loop control Therapy delivery Handles patient data Remote access Wireless connectivity HL7 or FHIR integration DICOM or image parsing Named operating system Off-the-shelf software Hospital network
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-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
Platform
iOS companion app: iOS app
Attributes: component types
API Display Generic Application Generic Hardware Local Application Local Service Mobile Application Operating System Pump Storage User Interface
Attributes: interface types
TCP TLS Wireless
Attributes: assets
Patient Data Report Data Software Configuration Telemetry Data User Data
Attributes: dataflows
Camera head to Stryker consoles (device control commands) Connected OR Hub to My Patient Hub iPad App (case images and reports) Connected OR Hub to PACS systems (exported media in DICOM format) PACS server to Connected OR Hub (patient information via modality worklist)

Matched threat intel

1

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 Stryker has said.

AdvisoryDateSharedStryker status
A legacy cardiology system, end-of-service since 2014, recalled for securityJun 10, 2025Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No 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-310 Remotely Accessible Unauthenticated Services
CWE weaknesses
CWE-1104 Use of Unmaintained Third Party Components CWE-1329 Reliance on Component That is Not Updateable