---
id: "CVE-2026-126416"
page: "https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-126416"
kind: "vulnerability"
aliases: ["CVE-2026-126416"]
title: "OpenEMR: low-privilege users can alter other patients' tracker entries"
severity: "high"
cvss: 7.1
epss: null
exploited: false
status: "open"
category: "other"
products: []
ecosystems: []
tags: ["healthcare", "openemr", "other", "self-hosted"]
not_affected_if: ["openemr-8.5.0-or-later"]
published_at: "2026-11-13T10:17:47+00:00"
first_seen_at: "2026-11-13T10:47:20+00:00"
updated_at: "2026-11-13T10:53:11+00:00"
sources: [{"source": "nvd", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-126416", "first_seen_at": "2026-11-13T10:47:20+00:00"}]
exploit_sources: []
---

# OpenEMR: low-privilege users can alter other patients' tracker entries

Link for people: https://infrastack.ai/live/CVE-2026-126416 (this .md is for agents)

OpenEMR before 8.5.0 lets a low-privilege logged-in user change other patients' tracker entries by supplying arbitrary tracker_id values to patient_tracker_status.php. An attacker can alter patient-flow status, room assignments, and linked calendar appointment state.

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

## How to check

- Check the OpenEMR version in use; versions before `8.5.0` are listed as affected.
- Review whether patient_tracker_status.php is reachable by low-privilege accounts.

## Fix

- OpenEMR: move to `8.5.0` or later, per the NVD description.

## Timeline

- 2026-11-13T10:47:20+00:00 nvd https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-126416

## Documents

- [advisory] Vendor advisory: github.com https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-cxjf-fmpw-qc34
- [advisory] Third-party advisory: www.vulncheck.com https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openemr-before-8.5.0-improper-authorization-via-patient-tracker-status-php

## From the sources

OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains an improper authorization vulnerability in patient_tracker_status.php that allows low-privilege authenticated users to modify other patients' tracker entries by supplying arbitrary tracker_id values. Attackers can post statustype and roomnum parameters with a valid CSRF token to alter patient-flow status, room assignments, and linked calendar appointment state.

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