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CVE-2026-115573: OpenEMR: Broken Access Control in controller.php Enables Insurance Routing Credential Hijack and PHI Enumeration

HighCVSS 8.1 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 32/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.38% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: openemr openemr 8.3.0.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to openemr openemr 8.3.0 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to 8.3.0, library/classes/Controller.class.php allows explicit controller.php dispatch to controllers missing from CONTROLLER_ACL_MAP, and checkControllerAcl() returns without enforcing any permission for those entries. A low-privilege authenticated user can invoke C_X12Partner::edit_action_process() to create or alter insurance-routing hosts and credentials, or invoke C_PatientFinder::find_action_process() to enumerate patient names, dates of birth, and identifiers. The shared fail-open dispatcher root cause also exposes other administrative controllers that were intended to be reached through ACL-gated Practice Settings routes. This issue is fixed in version 8.3.0.

Published
Nov 5, 2026
Updated
Nov 10, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 32th percentile

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Action score

32

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
32 / 40 · 8.1 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
proof of concept
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total

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CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · GitHub_M
8.1
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Versions reported by the vendor

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  • openemr openemr

    • < 8.3.0affected

Affected versions

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  • open-emr openemrbefore 8.3.0

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2018-17179An issue was discovered in OpenEMR before 5.0.1 Patch 7.
    60This week
  • CVE-2020-19364OpenEMR 5.0.1 allows an authenticated attacker to upload and execute malicious PHP scripts through /controller.php.
    56Plan
  • CVE-2019-14530An issue was discovered in custom/ajax_download.php in OpenEMR before 5.0.2 via the fileName parameter.
    55Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-104138Nov 5, 2026 · OpenEMR: Missing authorization on QRDA Category I/III download endpoints
    26Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-104139Nov 5, 2026 · OpenEMR: Missing Authorization on Document Template Download Endpoint Allows Any Authenticated User to Read Another Patient's PHI
    26Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-65983Nov 5, 2026 · OpenEMR FaxSMS module: insecure staging of decrypted patient documents in webroot
    30Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

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Product / packageFixed versionSource
openemr openemr8.3.0 · descriptionVendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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  1. Published
  2. Fix recordedsame day
  3. TodayNov 12, 2026+7 d
EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-33918225 days apartOpenEMR Missing Authorization on Claim File Download Endpoint
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-25131254 days apartOpenEMR has Broken Access Control in Procedures Configuration
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2026-34053225 days apartOpenEMR Missing Authorization in Procedure Order AJAX Deletion Handler
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2026-32126239 days apartOpenEMR: Inverted ACL Condition in CDR ControllerRouter Allows Any Authenticated User to Modify/Delete Clinical Rules and Plans
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2026-25164253 days apartOpenEMR's Document and Insurance REST Endpoints Skip ACL
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2026-1041330 days apartOpenEMR: Missing authorization in DORN `compendium_install.php` — non-admin destructive lab-compendium reinstall
    28Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: researcher credit · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
high · data can be read
Integrity
high · data or configuration can be modified
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
High
Integrity impact
High
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → poc
  2. Fix✗ → ✓
  3. Exploit maturity— → none

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References

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