---
id: "CVE-2026-124478"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-124478"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-124478"]
title: "OpenEMR: low-privileged users can overwrite other patients' recall records"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.1
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "runtime"
products: [{"name": "OpenEMR", "fixed": [], "affected": "", "ecosystem": "vendor"}]
ecosystems: ["vendor"]
tags: ["healthcare", "openemr", "php", "runtime", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["no-low-privilege-users", "openemr-8.3.0-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-11-08T14:18:16+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-08T14:48:41+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-08T14:49:32+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-124478", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-08T14:48:41+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# OpenEMR: low-privileged users can overwrite other patients' recall records

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-124478 (this .md is for agents)

OpenEMR before 8.3.0 lacks an authorization check in the addRecall action of the messages save endpoint. A logged-in low-privileged user can submit a crafted patient ID and overwrite recall, contact, provider and notification data for patients they cannot access.

_Summary, check and fix written by a model from the sources; labelled as such._

## Affected

- vendor:OpenEMR affected range not listed fixed no fixed version listed

## How to check

- Check the OpenEMR version in the deployment (for example the version shown in the admin footer or the `version` file in the install).
- Confirm whether `/interface/main/messages/save.php` is reachable by low-privileged accounts.

## Fix

- OpenEMR: move to `8.3.0` or later.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-08T14:48:41+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-124478

## Documents

- [advisory] Vendor advisory: github.com https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-j347-wp33-79q9
- [advisory] Third-party advisory: www.vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openemr-before-8.3.0-missing-authorization-via-addrecall-in-save-php

## From the sources

OpenEMR before 8.3.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the addRecall action of /interface/main/messages/save.php that allows low-privileged authenticated users to modify arbitrary patients' recall data. Attackers can submit a crafted new_pid with recall, contact, provider, facility, and notification preference fields to overwrite records of patients they cannot access.

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