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Medium · 6.5 CVE-2026-124458 EUVD-2026-119515GHSA-hh44-mqpq-84jh

OpenEMR before 8.4.0 FHIR Patient Compartment Bypass via Person Endpoint

Published Nov 8, 2026 · Updated Nov 13, 2026 · Assigned by VulnCheck

Description

OpenEMR before 8.4.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in the FHIR GET /fhir/Person/:uuid route that allows patient-portal users to read any staff member's demographics by bypassing compartment enforcement. Attackers holding a patient SMART token with patient/Person.read can harvest staff Person UUIDs from Appointment references to retrieve names, home addresses, phone numbers, and personal emails.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
openemr openemr < 8.4.0 8.4.0

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