Description
OpenEMR before 8.4.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in its SMART on FHIR implementation because checkUserHasAccessToPatient() in BearerTokenAuthorizationStrategy.php unconditionally returns true. Authenticated users or malicious SMART apps can manipulate token launch context to bind requests to arbitrary patient UUIDs, gaining unauthorized read/write access to other patients' FHIR resources.
Published: 2026-11-08
Score: 6 Medium
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Sun, 08 Nov 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Description OpenEMR before 8.4.0 contains an authorization bypass vulnerability in its SMART on FHIR implementation because checkUserHasAccessToPatient() in BearerTokenAuthorizationStrategy.php unconditionally returns true. Authenticated users or malicious SMART apps can manipulate token launch context to bind requests to arbitrary patient UUIDs, gaining unauthorized read/write access to other patients' FHIR resources.
Title OpenEMR before 8.4.0 Authorization Bypass via checkUserHasAccessToPatient in SMART on FHIR
First Time appeared Open-emr
Open-emr openemr
Weaknesses CWE-639
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Open-emr
Open-emr openemr
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N'}

cvssV4_0

{'score': 6, 'vector': 'CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N'}


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Open-emr Openemr
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: VulnCheck

Published:

Updated: 2026-11-08T13:15:42.406Z

Reserved: 2026-11-08T02:14:31.305Z

Link: CVE-2026-124451

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Status : Received

Published: 2026-11-08T14:18:12.477

Modified: 2026-11-08T14:18:12.477

Link: CVE-2026-124451

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Updated: 2026-11-08T14:30:16Z

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