Description
OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to version 8.0.0, the REST API route table in `apis/routes/_rest_routes_standard.inc.php` does not call `RestConfig::request_authorization_check()` for the document and insurance routes. Other patient routes in the same file (e.g. encounters, patients/med) call it with the appropriate ACL. As a result, any valid API bearer token can access or modify every patient's documents and insurance data, regardless of the token’s OpenEMR ACLs—effectively exposing all document and insurance PHI to any authenticated API client. Version 8.0.0 patches the issue.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-f64c-h2gh-g3f9
Scores
CVSS v3
8.1
EPSS
0.0011
EPSS Percentile
29.7%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
poc
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-862
Status
published
Products (1)
open-emr/openemr
< 8.0.0
Published
Feb 25, 2026
Tracked Since
Feb 26, 2026