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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.

Vulnerability

Philips lists Capsule Surveillance under Chrome V8 flaw CVE-2025-5419

MedDevice Cyber Staff · Jun 6 · 2 min read · Via Philips product security advisories 2025

On June 6, 2025, Philips posted a notice on CVE-2025-5419, an out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability in the V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine in Google Chrome. Capsule Surveillance is the one listed product.

Capsule Surveillance sits close to patient alarms. A browser exploit on that host is a clinical availability risk as much as a data one, so update Chrome there before the general fleet.

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Remediation Desk

For ProvidersOperators, hospitals, and clinical engineering

Update Chrome on Capsule Surveillance hosts through Philips service and restrict those hosts from general web browsing.

Patch Chrome. Apply the Philips validated update for CVE-2025-5419.
Restrict browsing. Allow only the surveillance application URLs.
Prioritize alarm hosts. Patch hosts in the alarm path before general workstations.

For Device ManufacturersAm I affected, and how to fix the class

Am I affected?

This class applies to devices with the signals and properties below. Check them against your product to gauge exposure.

Required

Off-the-shelf software

Contributing

Web interface Hospital network

Fix the class in your product

The advisory is not for a bug you wrote; it is in a component you embed. As the maker, pin dependencies to fixed versions, generate an SBOM on every build including transitive components, and gate the pipeline on known-vulnerable components so an advisory maps to your products automatically.

Pin and inventory. Exact versions, and a CycloneDX or SPDX SBOM as a build artifact including transitive deps.
Gate on advisories. A CI scan fails a release carrying a component with a known advisory.
Own the field patch path. Know how you deliver a dependency or platform patch to fielded devices before you need it.

Mapped EMB3D mitigations

Questions & Answers

What is CVE-2025-5419?

CVE-2025-5419 is an out-of-bounds read and write vulnerability in Chrome's V8 JavaScript and WebAssembly engine. Philips listed Capsule Surveillance on June 6, 2025.

Is Philips Capsule Surveillance affected by a Chrome vulnerability?

Yes. Philips listed Capsule Surveillance in a June 6, 2025 notice on CVE-2025-5419 in Chrome's V8 engine.

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