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TI-2026-35170 Aliases CVE-2026-47663

Pathling: Typed CRUD/search/batch providers can lead to server-wide PHI exfiltration and cross-resource mutation

Priority HIGH 77CWE-285Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-285.

Summary

Pathling is a set of tools that make it easier to use FHIR and clinical terminology within health data analytics. Prior to version 2.0.0 of Pathling Server, Pathling's typed CRUD/search/batch FHIR surface allows an authenticated caller with only coarse operation authorities to act on attacker-chosen resource families because those entrypoints do not consistently enforce the documented per-resource `read` and `write` authorities. The documented authorization model requires an operation authority (e.g. `pathling:search`) to be paired with the matching per-resource `read` or `write` authority (e.g. `pathling:read:Patient`). Delete and batch are documented to require write authority for all referenced resource types. However, typed search, update, and related handlers are annotated only with `@OperationAccess(...)` and act on the provider-selected resource type without checking the corresponding per-resource authority. This is fixed in Pathling Server 2.0.0.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00406 35th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed pathling (aehrc): 2.0.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
Yes
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
aehrcpathlingbefore 2.0.02.0.0Patch availableCNA
  • pathling Vendoraehrc Affected before 2.0.0 Fixed in 2.0.0 Patch available CNA

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA pathling (aehrc) Fixed in 2.0.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-47663

References

  • TI-2026-35169 Improper input validation in aehrc pathling CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-35171 Pathling: $import-pnp operation enables authenticated SSRF, credential leakage, and warehouse data poisoning CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
  • TI-2026-35168 Pathling has path traversal in $result endpoint that allows arbitrary warehouse file read CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-35166 Pathling has path traversal in $import-pnp manifest that enables read-capable SSRF via /jobs/{jobId}/{filename} CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7
  • TI-2026-35167 Pathling: Explicit oauthMetadataUrl in bulk-submit allows OAuth client credential exfiltration CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.7

Sources

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