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CVE-2026-126428

OpenEMR before 8.5.0 RCE via Stored ERA Upload and Background Services

  • High 7.7

Description

OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability that allows authenticated billing users to store attacker-controlled PHP by uploading a malformed ERA file to era_payments.php. Attackers with a database-write primitive such as SQL injection can register a background_services row whose require_once loads the stored .edi file, executing PHP as the web-server user.

Key facts

Published
13 Nov 2026
Last changed
13 Nov 2026
Assigned by
VulnCheck
EPSS
0.656% likely to be exploited in the next 30 days, higher than 51.991% of CVEs (scores for 15 Nov 2026)
SSVC (CISA)
Exploitation: poc; Automatable: no; Technical impact: total

Severity scores

Each score is shown as its source gave it. They are not averaged or merged.

  • 7.7CVSS 4.0, Highfrom the CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
  • 7.5CVSS 3.1, Highfrom the CNA (VulnCheck)CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Historical context and remediation

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No separately sourced impact summary is available on this page yet. Consult the description, version data and dated exploitation evidence.

No explicit remediation statement is available on this page yet. Consult the original record and vendor references before choosing a fix.

Version statuses below come from the CNA. An “unaffected” version is not necessarily a currently supported release or proof of a patch date. EPSS is a dated risk estimate, not a count of historical attacks.

Read the original CVE record.

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
openemropenemr
  • Default status: unaffected
  • 0 up to but excluding 8.5.0 (affected)
  • 8.5.0 (unaffected)

Timeline

  1. 13 Nov 2026 Published

Weakness

References