# CVE-2026-104136: OpenEMR: Arbitrary Patient Recall and Contact Detail Read

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Exposure: Specific setups only
- Fixed in: 8.3.0
- Published: 2026-11-05 · Updated: 2026-11-05

CVE-2026-104136 is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. No public exploit code is tracked. It is rated CVSS 7.1 (high) and affects openemr; fixed in 8.3.0.

## Summary

OpenEMR, a free electronic health records and medical practice management application, has a flaw in its recall feature that lets an attacker on the network, with a low-privilege login, read patient details, contact fields, HIPAA notification preferences, recent appointment information, and existing recall records for any patient whose identifier they know or can enumerate. No user action is needed, because the feature does not check whether the requester is authorized to view the patient record they specify.

Model-written summary (anthropic/claude-haiku-5.5). Verify details against the original sources.

## Affected

- openemr: fixed in 8.3.0

## Description

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to 8.3.0, the new_recall branch of interface/main/messages/save.php accepts a caller-supplied pid without enforcing patient-level or recall-workflow authorization. A low-privilege authenticated user who knows or enumerates a patient identifier can retrieve patient details, contact fields, HIPAA notification preferences, recent appointment information, and existing recall information. This issue is fixed in version 8.3.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openemr, upgrade to a fixed version (8.3.0) per the references below.
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## FAQ

### Is CVE-2026-104136 being exploited?

It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, and CISA's SSVC assessment does not mark exploitation as active. That does not mean it has not been attacked: vendors and researchers can report attacks before CISA lists them. No public exploit code is tracked.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-104136

### What does this mean?

A flaw in OpenEMR lets a user read patient recall and contact details for arbitrary patients they should not be able to see. The exposed data includes patient details, HIPAA notification preferences, recent appointment information, and existing recall information.

Source: https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-x6w3-3g4m-5m5v

### Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-104136?

openemr: before 8.3.0.

Source: https://cve.now/CVE-2026-104136

### Am I affected, and how do I check?

The advisory lists OpenEMR versions before 8.3.0 as affected. To check a installation, look at the OpenEMR version shown in the application or in the installed package, and compare it with 8.3.0.

Source: https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-x6w3-3g4m-5m5v

### How do I fix CVE-2026-104136?

Upgrade OpenEMR to version 8.3.0 or later, which the advisory names as the patched release.

Source: https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-x6w3-3g4m-5m5v

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## References

- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-x6w3-3g4m-5m5v
- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/13343
- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/12fb549fd16ceed488c9d20281dba46f098ff107
- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/releases/tag/v8_3_0

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