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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 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 Therapy delivery Handles patient data Remote access Wireless connectivity HL7 or FHIR integration DICOM or image parsing Hospital network
Properties (MITRE EMB3D)
PID-28 Device stores logs of system events and information 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 Generic Application Generic Hardware Local Application Local Service Mobile Application Operating System User Interface
Attributes: interface types
TCP Wireless
Attributes: assets
Patient Data Report Data Software Configuration User Data
Attributes: dataflows
Hub to My Patient Hub iPad App (post-operative reports and images) Hub to PACS systems (media exported in DICOM format) Hub to compatible attached device (state, selection and settings control) Hub to laparoscopic insufflator (smoke evacuation initiation) PACS server to Hub (patient information via modality worklist) Wireless headset to Hub (voice control) Wireless remote control to Hub (device control)

Matched threat intel

24

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
Flow Neuroscience FL-100 ships a shared Bluetooth credential in every unitAug 13, 2026Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No feedback feed from manufacturer
Hidden BLE commands can switch off a vagus nerve stimulator’s safety limitsAug 11, 2026Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No feedback feed from manufacturer
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 lets an attacker rewrite a cardiac wearableMay 28, 2026Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No feedback feed from manufacturer
A hard-coded VNC password on a bioreactor, base score 9.8May 26, 2026Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No feedback feed from manufacturer
A 9.8 in a power wheelchair: BLE takeover with no authenticationDec 30, 2025Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No feedback feed from manufacturer
A hospital management backend leaked its own system informationOct 28, 2025Same 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 10.0 SQL injection on a patient health portalSep 5, 2024Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No feedback feed from manufacturer
Medtronic MiniMed 600 series pumps expose pairing protocol details to nearby attackersSep 20, 2022Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No feedback feed from manufacturer
GE Healthcare imaging and ultrasound systems expose default service credentialsDec 8, 2020Same property (MITRE EMB3D)PID-411No feedback feed from manufacturer
EMS patient-care app reflects unsanitized input into a WebViewFeb 10, 2026Same platformiOS appNo feedback feed from manufacturer
Ossur Logic mobile app shipped hard-coded credentials and a static token in its binaryDec 19, 2024Same platformiOS appNo feedback feed from manufacturer
Path traversal in Thermo Fisher's Torrent Suite lets authenticated users read server filesOct 15, 2026Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-226No feedback feed from manufacturer
User enumeration on the CareLink Network, found at a conferenceDec 4, 2025Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-226No feedback feed from manufacturer
A low-privilege user can walk past role limits in Synapse MobilityAug 21, 2025Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-226No feedback feed from manufacturer
Softneta MedDream PACS allows unauthenticated remote code executionSep 5, 2023Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-226No feedback feed from manufacturer
BD Synapsys sessions did not expire, risking changes to patient dataMay 31, 2022Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-226No feedback feed from manufacturer
LifePoint Informatics Patient Portal generated lab report PDFs from a URL and a patient IDApr 5, 2022Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-226No feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips DreamMapper 2.24 and earlier write attacker-useful details to log filesJul 30, 2020Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-226No feedback feed from manufacturer
OpenClinic GA advisory lists authentication bypass, file upload and SQL abuse flawsJul 2, 2020Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-226No feedback feed from manufacturer
Philips IntelliBridge Enterprise writes plaintext EMR credentials into its transaction logsJun 11, 2020Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-226No feedback feed from manufacturer
Roche Accu-Chek and CoaguChek point of care handhelds expose a weakly protected service interfaceNov 6, 2018Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-226No feedback feed from manufacturer
Change Healthcare PeerVue Web Server leaks technical details in HTTP error messagesOct 4, 2018Exposed to the same EMB3D threatTID-226No feedback feed from manufacturer

Threats and weaknesses in matched advisories

MITRE EMB3D threats
TID-213 Faulty FW/SW Update Integrity Verification TID-221 Authentication Bypass By Message Replay TID-226 Device leaks security information in logs TID-310 Remotely Accessible Unauthenticated Services TID-311 Default Credentials 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-317 Predictable Cryptographic Key TID-319 Cross Site Scripting (XSS) TID-320 SQL Injection TID-323 Path Traversal TID-324 HTTP Direct Object Reference TID-328 Hardcoded Credentials TID-329 Improper Password Storage TID-401 Undocumented Protocol Features TID-404 Remotely Triggerable Deadlock/DoS TID-406 Unauthorized Messages or Connections TID-407 Missing Message Replay Protection TID-408 Unencrypted Sensitive Data Communication
CWE weaknesses
CWE-1188 Insecure Default Initialization of Resource CWE-1390 Weak Authentication CWE-1392 Use of Default Credentials CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor CWE-276 Incorrect Default Permissions CWE-284 Improper Access Control CWE-287 Improper Authentication CWE-290 Authentication Bypass by Spoofing CWE-294 Authentication Bypass by Capture-replay CWE-306 Missing Authentication for Critical Function CWE-321 Use of Hard-coded Cryptographic Key CWE-522 Insufficiently Protected Credentials CWE-639 Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key CWE-79 Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') CWE-798 Use of Hard-coded Credentials CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') CWE-916 Use of Password Hash With Insufficient Computational Effort