🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2026-24849

CRITICAL 10.0

OpenEMR Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability

CVSS Score
10.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

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.

CWE CWE-22
Vendor openemr
Product openemr
Published Feb 25, 2026
Last Updated Feb 25, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Affected Versions

openemr / openemr
< 7.0.4

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
github.com: https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-w6vc-hx2x-48pc github.com: https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/22f8e53e5769a88b7a16cb223bd197d044c84e5a