{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-40506 exists.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2026-40506 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2026-40506 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in openemr, published on 17 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2026-40506 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2026-40506 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in openemr, published on 17 Aug 2026. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2026-40506 exists.\n\nAffected product: openemr. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40506/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40506/index.md)","id":"CVE-2026-40506","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40506/index.md","name":"CVE-2026-40506","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-hj9x-33vw-5g3x"],"analysis":{"component_type":"web_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_modify","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"OpenEMR medical records","requires_auth":"high_privilege","summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can trigger arbitrary recursive directory deletion in OpenEMR by exploiting a path traversal flaw in standard_tables_manage.php via a crafted URL.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"path_traversal"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"VulnCheck","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N","version":"4.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-22","name":"Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory"}],"description":"OpenEMR before 8.2.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the standard_tables_manage.php interface where the db GET parameter is passed without validation to temp_dir_cleanup(), which joins the value to the PHP temporary directory path and recursively deletes the resulting directory. Attackers can supply a traversal sequence in the db parameter to resolve outside the intended temporary directory, and by chaining this with an open redirect in dicom_frame.php, an unauthenticated attacker can deliver a crafted URL that triggers arbitrary recursive directory deletion within an authenticated Superuser's session.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"weaponised"},"has_fix":false,"headline":"OpenEMR Path Traversal Arbitrary Directory Deletion via standard_tables_manage.php","id":"CVE-2026-40506","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"path_traversal","year":"2026"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"OpenEMR \u003c 8.3.0 Reflected XSS via templateHtml Parameter in Patient Portal","id":"CVE-2026-40507"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"MuPDF \u003c 1.27 mutool ANSI Injection via Metadata","id":"CVE-2026-40505"},"products":["openemr"],"published":"2026-08-17","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"poc","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-10-01","vendors":["openemr"]},"summary":"Unauthenticated attackers can trigger arbitrary recursive directory deletion in OpenEMR by exploiting a path traversal flaw in standard_tables_manage.php via a crafted URL.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40506/"}