OpenEMR is a widely deployed electronic health record system; this flaw exposes DB credentials and allows file overwrite, risking patient data, service integrity and operational disruption across healthcare providers.
CVE-2026-124446
Path traversal in OpenEMR FaxSMS lets authenticated users read/overwrite arbitrary files.
do firstUpgrade to a fixed release: 8.3.0.
Is CVE-2026-124446 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-124446 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.35% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-124446?
CVE-2026-124446 is rated High with a CVSS score of 8.7. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-124446?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-124446. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-124446 affect?
CVE-2026-124446 affects OpenEMR < 8.3.0, FaxSMS module, RCFaxClient, SignalWireClient. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-124446?
Upgrade to OpenEMR 8.3.0+, restrict FaxSMS access, and rotate exposed credentials.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Authenticated low‑privilege users can read sensitive files (e.g., sqlconf.php) and overwrite web‑writable files, enabling credential theft, persistence, or site compromise.
Immediate action required
- affected< 8.3.0
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.
timeline
- 8 Nov 2026Published
- 8 Nov 2026CVE record last updated · same day later
- 11 Nov 2026Analysed by vulneraibility.com · 3 days later
also known as
- Advisorygithub.com /openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-x2vr-jgg8-c57c
- Advisoryvulncheck.com /advisories/openemr-before-8.3.0-arbitrary-file-read-and-write-via-faxsms-dispos
sources
- CVE List (CVE.org): description, affected versions, references; CVE Terms of Use
- NVD: CVSS and CPE data
- FIRST EPSS: exploit probability and percentile
- OSV: advisory aliases and downstream package versions
- Summary, impact and triage tags: written by our AI analysis pipeline from the sources above. Check them against the sources.