November 14, 2026

CVE Watchtower

CVE-2026-124473openemr openemr Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

NVD

Vulnerability Summary

OpenEMR before 8.3.0 contains a broken object-level authorization vulnerability in the SOAP note update API, which does not verify that the supplied SOAP note ID (sid) belongs to the supplied patient and encounter. Authenticated users with encounters/notes permission can send PUT requests to /api/patient/:pid/encounter/:eid/soap_note/:sid with another patient's sid to overwrite that clinical note and reassign its pid.
Severity Level
HIGH(7.1)
Published Date
Nov 8, 2026
Last Modified
Nov 10, 2026
Exploitation Status
No confirmed exploitation yet
EPSS Score (30-Day)
0.20%Probability
Root Weakness (CWE)
CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key ↗
The system does not prevent one user from accessing another user data or record by modifying the key value identifying the data.
CVSS v4.0 Base Metrics — Score 7.1 (HIGH)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Attack RequirementsNone
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
Confidentiality (Vulnerable System)None
Integrity (Vulnerable System)High
Availability (Vulnerable System)Low
Confidentiality (Subsequent System)None
Integrity (Subsequent System)None
Availability (Subsequent System)None
Show CVSS v3.x metrics (score 7.1)
CVSS v3.1 Base Metrics — Score 7.1 (HIGH)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityHigh
AvailabilityLow

Affected & Patched Versions

Affected Versions
  • openemr openemr < 8.3.0
Patched Versions
  • openemr openemr 8.3.0

What to do

Plan remediation soon. No exploitation is confirmed yet, but the severity is high.

  1. Check whether you run openemr openemr and which version.
  2. Update to a patched version listed above, then confirm the new version.

Timeline

  • Nov 8, 2026Published
  • Nov 10, 2026Record last modified

Score, severity and exploitation changes are tracked from the day Watchtower started logging them.

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External References

Data last checked: Nov 14, 2026 02:13 UTC