# CVE-2026-27943: OpenEMR's Eye Exam View Trusts form\_id Without Verifying Patient/Encounter Ownership

- Severity: CVSS 6.5 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-02-26 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- openemr: through 8.0.0

## Description

OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. In versions up to and including 8.0.0, the eye exam (eye_mag) view loads data by `form_id` (or equivalent) without verifying that the form belongs to the current user’s patient/encounter context. An authenticated user can access or edit any patient’s eye exam by supplying another form ID; in some flows the session’s active patient may also be switched. A fix is available on the `main` branch of the OpenEMR GitHub repository.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on openemr, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-q96x-qw99-6xq9
- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/c87489bf63f2701b634d948279e104f2ed3df1c0

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