Findings

CVE-2026-33301

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, users with the role can fill Eye Exam forms in patient encounters. The answers to the form can be printed out in PDF form. An arbitrary file read vulnerability was identified in the PDF creation function where the form answers are parsed as unescaped HTML, allowing an attacker to include arbitrary image files from the server in the generated PDF. 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, users with the role can fill Eye Exam forms in patient encounters. The answers to the form can be printed out in PDF form. An arbitrary file read vulnerability was identified in the PDF creation function where the form answers are parsed as unescaped HTML, allowing an attacker

  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, users with the role can fill Eye Exam forms in patient encounters. The answers to the form can be printed out in PDF form. An arbitrary file read vulnerability was identified in the PDF creation function where the form answers are parsed as unescaped HTML, allowing an attacker

Affected

  • cpe open-emr/openemrversion unspecified

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33301

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-33301

    OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to 8.0.0.2, users with the role can fill Eye Exam forms in patient encounters. The answers to the form can be printed out in PDF form. An arbitr

    nvd.nist.gov

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