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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-24849

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

Published Feb 25, 2026 · catalog updated Jun 17, 2026 · OpenEMR is a free

Check if you run it

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-24849. EPSS is 2.25%. Act only if a listed version of OpenEMR is a free is installed.

Gaps on this record

  • The stored product name is a package slug. The name on this page is taken from the title (OpenEMR is a free).
  • No version range is stored. A customer cannot check an installed version against this record.
  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
Severity
Medium6.5
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
2.25%
Remediation
Advisory link
Affected products
cpe open-emr/openemr

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to version 7.0.4, the method in allows authenticated users to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem. Any authenticated user (regardless of privilege level) can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files. Version 7.0.4 patches the issue.

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  • cpe open-emr/openemrversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-24849

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2026-24849. EPSS is 2.25%. Act only if a listed version of OpenEMR is a free is installed.

Which versions are affected?

Affected version ranges are not on this record. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

CWE-22: Path Traversal. EPSS 2.25%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Feb 25, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to version 7.0.4, the method in allows authenticated users to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem. Any authenticated user (regardless of privilege level) can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files. Version 7.0.4 patches the issue.

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to version 7.0.4, the method in allows authenticated users to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem. Any authenticated user (regardless of privilege level) can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files. Version 7.0.4 patches the issue.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-24849

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-24849

    30-day exploitation probability 2.3%

    first.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-24849

    OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to version 7.0.4, the method in allows authenticated users to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem. Any authenticate

    nvd.nist.gov

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.