CVE-2026-124453 OpenEMR before 8.3.0 IDOR in Portal Patient Settings via persist.php
High 7.1
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-124453 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2026-124453 is a high-severity vulnerability in openemr, published on 8 Nov 2026.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-124453 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: openemr. 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-2026-124453/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-124453/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2026-124453?
CVE-2026-124453 is a high-severity vulnerability in openemr, published on 8 Nov 2026.
Official description
OpenEMR before 8.3.0 contains an insecure direct object reference vulnerability in portal/lib/persist.php that allows authenticated portal patients to write settings for other patients. Attackers can modify the setting_patient parameter in a JSON POST request to another patient's PID, altering that patient's portal settings such as the portal theme.
Weakness: CWE-639
Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-124453?
How do I fix CVE-2026-124453?
No fix has been published for CVE-2026-124453 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2026-124453 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-124453 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-6hmf-7cr6-3763, GHSA-rrw3-g25h-x68h.