Critical 9.4

OpenEMR before 8.3.0 Arbitrary File Read/Write via oe-module-faxsms disposeDocument

CVE-2026-124490 First seen on SecPulse Nov 8, 22:16

Affected packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected → Fixed	Fixed
openemr	openemropenemr	< 8.3.0→ 8.3.0	8.3.0

Original description The description as published by the source.

OpenEMR before 8.3.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the RingCentral RCFaxClient disposeDocument() method of oe-module-faxsms that allows authenticated attackers to read and write arbitrary files via the file_path parameter. Attackers can use action=download to read credentials and source code, or action=setup with base64 content to write web-executable files for code execution.

Source: CVE.org (CVE Program・cvelistV5) NVD GitHub Advisory

References

Key facts

CVSS v3: Critical 9.1; CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4: Critical 9.4; CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
Published: Nov 8, 2026
First seen on SecPulse: Nov 8, 22:16
GHSA: GHSA-38jw-pwgq-9hpj
CWE: CWE-73

NVD GitHub Advisory

Tags(click for explanation)

Attack Types

Path Traversal

CWE

CWE-73

All

Openemr

Detection sources

OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities)Nov 10, 11:45
NIST National Vulnerability Database06:46
GitHub Security Advisories (Global)Nov 9, 00:31
CVE.org (CVE Program・cvelistV5)02:53