OpenEMR up to 8.3.0 Scope Management finalizeScopes privileges management

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A vulnerability was found in OpenEMR and classified as problematic. This issue affects the function ScopeRepository::finalizeScopes of the component Scope Management. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-126494. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in OpenEMR. It has been classified as problematic. Affected is the function ScopeRepository::finalizeScopes of the component Scope Management. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

OpenEMR before 8.4.0 contains an improper authorization vulnerability in ScopeRepository::finalizeScopes() that allows read-only SMART/OAuth clients to obtain write scopes because ScopeEntity::containsScope() ignores registered permissions. Attackers with a client registered for user/<resource>.read can request user/<resource>.write to create, update, and delete appointments or patient data.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-126494 since 11/10/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 8.4.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

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Productinfo

Type

• Business Process Management Software

Name

• OpenEMR

Version

• 2.8.1
• 2.8.2
• 3.1.0
• 3.2
• 3.2.0
• 4.0.0
• 4.1.0
• 4.1.1
• 5.0.0
• 5.0.0 Patch 1
• 5.0.1
• 5.0.1-6
• 5.0.1-dev
• 5.0.1.1
• 5.0.1.3
• 5.0.1.4
• 5.0.2
• 5.0.2.1
• 5.0.2.4
• 5.0.2.5
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.0-dev
• 6.0.0.0
• 6.0.0.2
• 6.0.0.4
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.0.1
• 7.0.0
• 7.0.0.1
• 7.0.0.2
• 7.0.1
• 7.0.2
• 7.0.2.1
• 7.0.3
• 7.0.3.1
• 7.0.3.4
• 7.0.4
• 7.3.0
• 8.0.0
• 8.0.0.1
• 8.0.0.2
• 8.0.0.3
• 8.2.0
• 8.3.0

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/openemr/openemr/

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