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TI-2026-85651 Aliases CVE-2026-104134

OpenEMR person-search AJAX leaks patient demographics to low-privilege users

Priority LOW 29CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

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

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

OpenEMR, a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application, is affected prior to 8.3.0. The search_persons action in library/ajax/person_search_ajax.php checks CSRF tokens but does not perform an AclMain authorization check before searching the person and patient_data tables. A low-privilege authenticated user can iterate name prefixes and receive patient first and last names, dates of birth, gender, phone numbers and email addresses in JSON responses. The weakness is classified as CWE-862 (Missing Authorization), with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 6.5 (MEDIUM).

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05

Description from the CNA

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to 8.3.0, the search_persons action in library/ajax/person_search_ajax.php validates CSRF but does not perform an AclMain authorization check before searching the person and patient_data tables. A low-privilege authenticated user can iterate name prefixes and receive patient first and last names, dates of birth, gender, phone numbers, and email addresses in JSON responses. This issue is fixed in version 8.3.0.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00304 23rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed openemr (openemr): 8.3.0

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
openemropenemrbefore 8.3.08.3.0Patch availableCNA
  • openemr Vendoropenemr Affected before 8.3.0 Fixed in 8.3.0 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——Open-Emr
  • cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·Open-Emr

Remediation

Upgrade OpenEMR to version 8.3.0, which adds the missing authorization check to the person-search AJAX endpoint.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-05

  • Fix · CNA openemr (openemr) Fixed in 8.3.0

Timeline

  1. 2026-11-05 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-104134
  2. 2026-11-07 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW

References

Other 4

  • TI-2026-24664 SQL Injection Vulnerability in ajax graphs library (OpenEMR) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2026-85645 Missing write ACL lets users reassign documents in OpenEMR CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2026-28796 OpenEMR 8.2.0 Remote Code Execution via CategoryTree eval() Injection CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
  • TI-2026-20308 OpenEMR's payments gateway_api_key secret rendered into client JS code CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.6
  • TI-2026-20093 OpenEMR has SQL Injection in Patient API Sort Parameter CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2026-20048 OpenEMR Arbitrary File Read Vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
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Sources

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