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CVE-2026-124461

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Description

OpenEMR before 8.3.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in library/ajax/upload.php that allows any authenticated user to read and overwrite document data by supplying an arbitrary doc_id. Low-privilege users can enumerate doc_id values with the fetch and save actions to disclose patient health information and tamper with medical records across all patients.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
8.6 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Received
Source identifier
Published
2026-11-08 14:18:13.853000
Last modified
2026-11-08 14:18:13.853000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-124461",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-11-08T14:18:13.853",
  "lastModified": "2026-11-08T14:18:13.853",
  "vulnStatus": "Received",
  "cveTags": [],
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    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "[email protected]",
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        {
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          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
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            },
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          ]
        }
      ]
    }
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          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
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    {
      "url": "https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-7h7v-29jv-527v",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openemr-before-8.3.0-idor-via-dicom-library-ajax-upload-php-endpoint",
      "source": "[email protected]"
    }
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}