# CVE-2025-53912: Path traversal in MedDream PACS Premium

> An attacker can read arbitrary files from the MedDream PACS Premium server by sending a specially crafted HTTP request.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jan 2026
- **Updated:** 20 Jan 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9phm-h7g8-7qwh

## What is CVE-2025-53912?

CVE-2025-53912 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in MedDream PACS Premium, published on 20 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

An arbitrary file read vulnerability exists in the encapsulatedDoc functionality of MedDream PACS Premium 7.3.6.870. A specially crafted HTTP request can lead to an arbitrary file read. An attacker can send http request to trigger this vulnerability.

Weakness: CWE-73 (External Control of File Name or Path)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-53912?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Meddream Pacs Server.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-53912?

No fix has been published for CVE-2025-53912 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2025-53912 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53912 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in MedDream PACS Premium

- [CVE-2025-3481](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3481/): MedDream PACS Server DICOM File Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-3482](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3482/): MedDream PACS Server DICOM File Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-3483](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3483/): MedDream PACS Server DICOM File Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-3484](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-3484/): MedDream PACS Server DICOM File Parsing Stack-based Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2025-26469](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-26469/): Information disclosure in MedDream PACS Premium (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-53912 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-53912 is a critical path traversal vulnerability in MedDream PACS Premium, published on 20 Jan 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-53912 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: MedDream PACS Premium. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53912/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53912/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-53912
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-53912
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-53912

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-53912/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.