Vulnerability · Published Feb 25, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-25929OpenEMR Patient Picture Context Allows Arbitrary Patient Photo Retrieval
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity authorization bypass via user-controlled key in openemr from openemr. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 23% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to version 8.0.0, the document controller’s `patient_picture` context serves the patient’s photo by document ID or patient ID without verifying that the current user is authorized to access that patient. An authenticated user with document ACL can supply another patient’s ID and retrieve their photo. Version 8.0.0 fixes the issue.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N