Description
OpenEMR before 8.4.0 contains an improper authorization vulnerability in the non-patient POST /fhir/DocumentReference/$docref route that allows low-privileged users to generate any patient's CCDA. Attackers with only demographics and documents permissions can supply a victim patient parameter, then download the full-chart CCDA from Patient Documents to exfiltrate clinical data.
Published: 2026-11-08
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
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Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Description OpenEMR before 8.4.0 contains an improper authorization vulnerability in the non-patient POST /fhir/DocumentReference/$docref route that allows low-privileged users to generate any patient's CCDA. Attackers with only demographics and documents permissions can supply a victim patient parameter, then download the full-chart CCDA from Patient Documents to exfiltrate clinical data.
Title OpenEMR before 8.4.0 Improper Authorization in FHIR DocumentReference $docref
First Time appeared Open-emr
Open-emr openemr
Weaknesses CWE-863
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Open-emr
Open-emr openemr
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 7.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Open-emr Openemr
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-08T13:16:05.081Z

Reserved: 2026-11-08T02:21:16.290Z

Link: CVE-2026-124487

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-08T14:18:18.223

Modified: 2026-11-08T14:18:18.223

Link: CVE-2026-124487

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Updated: 2026-11-08T16:45:15Z

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