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Critical · 10.0 Public exploit CVE-2026-24849 EUVD-2026-8581

OpenEMR Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

Published Feb 25, 2026 · Updated Feb 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

Vendor: Open-Emr Product: openemr

Description

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to version 7.0.4, the `disposeDocument()` method in `EtherFaxActions.php` allows authenticated users to read arbitrary files from the server filesystem. Any authenticated user (regardless of privilege level) can exploit this vulnerability to read sensitive files. Version 7.0.4 patches the issue.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
openemr openemr < 7.0.4 —

Public exploits

Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.

Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.

Exploit-DB 1

GitHub 1 repository

  • doany1/CVE-2026-24849 ★ 0 · Jun 6, 2026

    Proof-of-concept exploit for CVE-2026-24849, an authenticated path-traversal / arbitrary file read in OpenEMR's Fax/SMS (EtherFax) module. Any authenticated user regardless of privilege level can rea…

Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.

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