CVE-2026-33934 MEDIUM

CVE-2026-33934: OpenEMR's Missing Authorization in show-signature.php Allows Portal Patients to Read Staff Signatures

Vendor Openemr
Product openemr
Weakness CWE-639 · IDOR
Published March 25, 2026
Last update March 26, 2026

CVSS base score

4.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Confidentiality Low
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

Description

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Versions prior to 8.0.0.3 have a missing authorization check in `portal/sign/lib/show-signature.php` that allows any authenticated patient portal user to retrieve the drawn signature image of any staff member by supplying an arbitrary `user` value in the POST body. The companion write endpoint (`save-signature.php`) was already hardened against this same issue, but the read endpoint was not updated to match. Version 8.0.0.3 patches the issue.

Key dates

Disclosure timeline

March 25, 2026 CVE published
March 26, 2026 Record updated