Vulnerability record/PUBLISHED/Published Nov 8, 2026 13:16:00 UTC

CVE-2026-124480

OpenEMR before 8.4.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability that allows low-privileged authenticated users to read cross-patient FHIR QuestionnaireResponse data by sending the APICSRFTOKEN header. Attackers can reuse the session-exposed api_csrf_token_js value to skip FHIR scope checks and call GET /fhir/QuestionnaireResponse, exfiltrating site-wide questionnaire answer PHI.

Base score8.7/ 10

SeverityHighCVSS 4.0

Exploitability / impact

CVSS metric breakdown

Vector-derived attributes

Base severityHigh

Attack vectorNetworkAV

Attack complexityLowAC

Attack requirementsNoneAT

Privileges requiredLowPR

User interactionNoneUI

Vulnerable system confidentialityHighVC

Vulnerable system integrityHighVI

Vulnerable system availabilityHighVA

Subsequent system confidentialityNoneSC

Subsequent system integrityNoneSI

Subsequent system availabilityNoneSA

CVSS vector stringCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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CVE Numbering AuthorityVulnCheck

Last updatedNov 13, 2026 03:28:57 UTC

PublishedNov 8, 2026 13:16:00 UTC

ReservedNov 8, 2026 02:17:31 UTC