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CVE-2026-124449

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Description

OpenEMR before 8.4.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in FHIR Media/:uuid and QuestionnaireResponse read routes that skip ACL checks. Non-patient API tokens lacking OpenEMR ACLs can request resources by uuid, bypassing compartment filtering to read any patient's documents and questionnaire responses.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.1 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-08 14:18:12.110000
Last modified
2026-11-08 14:18:12.110000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-124449",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-08T14:18:12.110",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-08T14:18:12.110",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "OpenEMR before 8.4.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in FHIR Media/:uuid and QuestionnaireResponse read routes that skip ACL checks. Non-patient API tokens lacking OpenEMR ACLs can request resources by uuid, bypassing compartment filtering to read any patient's documents and questionnaire responses."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
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      "source": "[email protected]",
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            },
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            }
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    }
  ],
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          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
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    {
      "url": "https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-6g45-38wc-5wg9",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
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      "source": "[email protected]"
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