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The HL7 orders carry patient SSNs, insurance and diagnoses, and the attacker can mark them as transmitted.","severity":"medium","cvss":6.0,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["healthcare","hl7","lab-orders","openemr","other"],"not_affected_if":["no-read-only-users","openemr-8.5.0-or-later"],"how_to_check":"- Check the OpenEMR version in the installed application: `8.5.0` or later is not affected by this entry.\n- Review user accounts with read-only roles and confirm whether they can reach `interface/orders/list_reports.php`.","fix":"- OpenEMR: upgrade to `8.5.0` or later.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-13T10:17:49+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-13T10:47:22+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-13T10:56:39+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-13T10:56:39+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.7,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-13T10:56:39Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- OpenEMR: upgrade to `8.5.0` or later.","reach":"network","title":"OpenEMR: read-only users can transmit lab orders with patient data","impact":"medium","summary":"OpenEMR before 8.5.0 lets a logged-in user with read-only rights send lab orders to laboratories, because a permission check in the orders report page ignores write permission. 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