CVE-2026-25928 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-25928: OpenEMR Vulnerable to Path Traversal When Zipping DICOM Folders

Vendor Openemr
Product openemr
Weakness CWE-22 · Path traversal
Published March 19, 2026
Last update March 21, 2026

CVSS base score

6.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to 8.0.0.2, the DICOM zip/export feature uses a user-supplied destination or path component when creating the zip file, without sanitizing path traversal sequences (e.g. `../`). An attacker with DICOM upload/export permission can write files outside the intended directory, potentially under the web root, leading to arbitrary file write and possibly remote code execution if PHP or other executable files can be written. Version 8.0.0.2 fixes the issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

March 19, 2026 CVE published
March 21, 2026 Record updated