CVE-2025-46823 OpenMRS has Vulnerability in FHIR2 Module Privileges
Unauthorized users can add or edit medical data due to missing privilege checks in the OpenMRS FHIR2 module.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-46823?
CVE-2025-46823 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in openmrs-module-fhir2, published on 29 May 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
openmrs-module-fhir2 provides the FHIR REST API and related services for OpenMRS, an open medical records system. In versions of the FHIR2 module prior to 2.5.0, privileges were not always correctly checked, which means that unauthorized users may have been able to add or edit data they were not supposed to be able to. All implementers should update to FHIR2 2.5.0 or newer as soon as is feasible to receive a patch.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-46823?
How do I fix CVE-2025-46823?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-46823 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2025-46823 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-46823 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g5vq-w8v2-4x9j.