CVE-2026-24849

Published: Feb 25, 2026

Modified: Feb 25, 2026

PUBLISHED

CVSS v3.1

10.0

CRITICAL

Description

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.

Vendor	Product	Versions
openemr	openemr	affected `< 7.0.4`

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-22

CVSS v3.1 Details

CVSS v3.1 Vector

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

References

https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-w6vc-hx2x-48pc

x_refsource_CONFIRM

https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/22f8e53e5769a88b7a16cb223bd197d044c84e5a

x_refsource_MISC

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CVE-2026-24849

Description

Affected Products

Weaknesses (CWE)

CVSS v3.1 Details

References