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Any logged-in low-privilege user can download patient SSNs, dates of birth, insurance data and provider identifiers, and can forge chart-tracker records.","severity":"high","cvss":8.8,"epss":null,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[{"name":"OpenEMR","fixed":[],"affected":"","ecosystem":"vendor"}],"ecosystems":["vendor"],"tags":["healthcare","openemr","other","self-hosted"],"not_affected_if":["openemr-8.5.0-or-later"],"how_to_check":"- Check the OpenEMR version in use; the sources say versions before `8.5.0` are affected.\n- Look for `custom/export_labworks.php`, `custom/chart_tracker.php` and `custom/export_registry_xml.php` in the install.","fix":"- OpenEMR: move to `8.5.0` or later, per the sources.","status":"open","published_at":"2026-11-13T10:17:55+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-11-13T10:47:25+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-11-13T10:48:53+00:00","updated_at":"2026-11-13T10:48:53+00:00","category":"other","confidence":0.8,"triage":{"at":"2026-11-13T10:48:53Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- OpenEMR: move to `8.5.0` or later, per the sources.","reach":"network","title":"OpenEMR: custom scripts skip access checks, exposing patient records","impact":"high","summary":"OpenEMR versions before 8.5.0 have several custom scripts that check only that a user is logged in and never run the access control check. Any logged-in low-privilege user can download patient SSNs, dates of birth, insurance data and provider identifiers, and can forge chart-tracker records.","audience":"businesses","category":"other","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["openemr","healthcare","self-hosted"],"confidence":0.8,"fix_status":"available","needs_auth":"yes","worst_case":"Authenticated users read patient SSNs and insurance data, and forge records","analyst_note":"Confirm whether the three custom/ scripts exist and are reachable in default installs; check the vendor advisory on github.com for the exact fixed version.","how_to_check":"- Check the OpenEMR version in use; the sources say versions before `8.5.0` are affected.\n- Look for `custom/export_labworks.php`, `custom/chart_tracker.php` and `custom/export_registry_xml.php` in the install.\n- unknown whether these files can be reached on a given deployment without further checks.","plain_action":"","product_name":"OpenEMR","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["openemr-8.5.0-or-later"],"who_is_affected":"Any OpenEMR deployment before 8.5.0 that exposes these custom scripts to authenticated users. Anyone with a low-privilege login can reach patient data, so the exposure depends on how many staff hold accounts. Installations on 8.5.0 or later are not affected by this issue.","user_interaction":"no","product_ecosystem":"vendor","needs_special_setup":"unknown","severity_if_unknown":"high"},"cost_usd":0.000788,"input_tokens":4642,"output_tokens":648,"severity_before":"high"},"analyst_status":null,"analyst_note":null,"search":"'-126469':12A,15A '-2026':11A,14A '8.5.0':26B,76C 'access':5A,44B 'aclcheckcor':96C 'aclmain':95C 'authent':91C,98C 'author':80C 'birth':61B 'call':94C 'chart':71B,124C 'chart-track':70B,123C 'chart_tracker.php':106C 'check':6A,32B,46B 'contain':77C 'control':45B 'custom':2A,29B,84C 'cve':10A,13A 'data':63B,116C 'date':59B 'disclos':110C 'dob':113C 'download':56B 'export_labworks.php':105C 'export_registry_xml.php':108C 'expos':7A 'forg':69B,122C 'healthcar':17B 'host':22B 'id':120C 'identifi':66B 'insur':62B,115C 'log':38B,49B 'logged-in':48B 'low':52B,100C 'low-privileg':51B,99C 'miss':79C 'never':41B,93C 'npi/tax':119C 'openemr':1A,16A,18B,23B,74C 'patient':8A,57B,111C 'privileg':53B,101C 'provid':65B,118C 'record':9A,73B,126C 'reli':87C 'request':104C 'run':42B 'script':3A,30B,85C 'self':21B 'self-host':20B 'session':90C 'sever':28B,83C 'skip':4A 'ssn':112C 'ssns':58B 'tracker':72B,125C 'user':36B,54B,102C 'version':24B 'vulner':81C","nicknames":[],"mitigations":[],"who_affected":"Any OpenEMR deployment before 8.5.0 that exposes these custom scripts to authenticated users. Anyone with a low-privilege login can reach patient data, so the exposure depends on how many staff hold accounts. 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