CVE-2026-25745

OpenEMR's Message Update Ignores Patient id

Published Mar 18, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.5 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. In versions up to and including 8.0.0, the message/note update endpoint (e.g. PUT or POST) updates by message/note ID only and does not verify that the message belongs to the current patient (or that the user is allowed to edit that patient’s notes). An authenticated user with notes permission can modify any patient’s messages by supplying another message ID. Commit 92a2ff9eaaa80674b3a934a6556e35e7aded5a41 contains a fix for the issue.

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Open-emr
Open-emr openemr
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:open-emr:openemr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Open-emr
Open-emr openemr
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Openemr
Openemr openemr
Vendors & Products Openemr
Openemr openemr
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. In versions up to and including 8.0.0, the message/note update endpoint (e.g. PUT or POST) updates by message/note ID only and does not verify that the message belongs to the current patient (or that the user is allowed to edit that patient’s notes). An authenticated user with notes permission can modify any patient’s messages by supplying another message ID. Commit 92a2ff9eaaa80674b3a934a6556e35e7aded5a41 contains a fix for the issue.
Title OpenEMR's Message Update Ignores Patient id
Weaknesses CWE-639
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Mar 20, 2026, 6:12 PM
Reserved
Feb 5, 2026, 4:48 PM
Status
Modified
Published
Mar 18, 2026, 9:16 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 10:25 AM