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CVE-2026-24890
OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to version 8.0.0, an authorization bypass vulnerability in the patient portal signature endpoint allows authenticated portal users to upload and overwrite provider signatures by setting `type=admin-signature` and specifying any provider user ID. This could potentially lead to signature forgery on medical documents, legal compliance violations, and fraud. The issue occurs when portal use
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"openemr","vendor":"openemr","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 8.0.0"}]}
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Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":8.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f8650dd4842db68bafe4e325b5b24ae4337a0b06bfd4b8fbbaf3bd97e8a2fff2 · sha256:af332433b2dea05f… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV3_1
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-285","description":"CWE-285: Improper Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f8650dd4842db68bafe4e325b5b24ae4337a0b06bfd4b8fbbaf3bd97e8a2fff2 · sha256:af332433b2dea05f… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
3 source assertions{"name":"https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/a29c0f7ac0975429a85cd09a3ff12ee0dcdb4478","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/a29c0f7ac0975429a85cd09a3ff12ee0dcdb4478"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f8650dd4842db68bafe4e325b5b24ae4337a0b06bfd4b8fbbaf3bd97e8a2fff2 · sha256:af332433b2dea05f… · /containers/cna/references/1
{"tags":["exploit"],"url":"https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-xc8x-mfh8-9xvh"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f8650dd4842db68bafe4e325b5b24ae4337a0b06bfd4b8fbbaf3bd97e8a2fff2 · sha256:af332433b2dea05f… · /containers/adp/0/references/0
{"name":"https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-xc8x-mfh8-9xvh","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-xc8x-mfh8-9xvh"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:f8650dd4842db68bafe4e325b5b24ae4337a0b06bfd4b8fbbaf3bd97e8a2fff2 · sha256:af332433b2dea05f… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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