CVE-2026-25929
OpenEMR Patient Picture Context Allows Arbitrary Patient Photo Retrieval
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
OpenEMR Patient Picture Context Allows Arbitrary Patient Photo Retrieval
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-25929- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-03
EUVDEUVD-2026-8716
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.
- Record
EUVD-2026-8716- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-03
NVD
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-25929- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-04
OSV
OpenEMR Patient Picture Context Allows Arbitrary Patient Photo Retrieval
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.
- Record
CVE-2026-25929- CVSS 3.1
- 6.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-639
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| facts | CVE List, EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, NVD, OSV |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2026-25929 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.5) in Open-emr Openemr, published February 25, 2026. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.30%, the 23rd percentile. No source names a fixed version.