Findings

CVE-2026-25744

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application.

Published Mar 19, 2026 · updated Jun 17, 2026 · open-emr openemr

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to 8.0.0.2, the encounter vitals API accepts an in the request body and treats it as an UPDATE. There is no verification that the vital belongs to the current patient or encounter. An authenticated user with encounters/notes permission can overwrite any patient's vitals by supplying another patient's vital , leading to medical record tampering. Version 8.0.0.2 fixes the issue.

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  1. Mar 19, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to 8.0.0.2, the encounter vitals API accepts an in the request body and treats it as an UPDATE. There is no verification that the vital belongs to the current patient or encounter. An authenticated user with encounters/notes permission can overwrite any patient's vitals by supplying anoth

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to 8.0.0.2, the encounter vitals API accepts an in the request body and treats it as an UPDATE. There is no verification that the vital belongs to the current patient or encounter. An authenticated user with encounters/notes permission can overwrite any patient's vitals by supplying anoth

Affected

  • cpe open-emr/openemrversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-25744

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-25744

    OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to 8.0.0.2, the encounter vitals API accepts an in the request body and treats it as an UPDATE. There is no verification that the vital belongs to the current patie

    nvd.nist.gov

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