OpenEMR Authorization Bypass Exposes Patient Medical Records

OpenEMR before 8.3.0 contains missing authorization and insecure direct object reference vulnerabilities in the oe-module-prior-authorizations module that allow authenticated low-privilege users to access and modify other patients' records. Attackers can request public/reports/list_report.php to view all patients' names, MRNs, insurance and prior-auth data, or submit arbitrary id values to public/index.php to overwrite other patients' prior-authorization records.

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Analysis

OpenEMR versions before 8.3.0 suffer from missing authorization and insecure direct object reference (IDOR) vulnerabilities in the prior-authorizations module. These flaws allow authenticated users with low privilege levels to access and modify sensitive patient data they should not have permission to view or alter. This is particularly critical in healthcare environments where patient records contain protected health information (PHI) including names, medical record numbers (MRNs), insurance details, and prior authorization data. The vulnerability affects any OpenEMR deployment using the vulnerable module versions, potentially exposing thousands of patient records across healthcare providers, clinics, and medical facilities that rely on this open-source EHR platform.

Casky's 283 matching skills leverage Claude AI with extended reasoning to detect the attack patterns associated with this CVE by correlating indicators across MITRE ATT&CK techniques TA0004 (Privilege Escalation) and TA0006 (Credential Access). A practitioner using Casky would identify suspicious patterns such as: authenticated users requesting list_report.php with responses containing unauthorized patient datasets; repeated access to public/index.php with varying 'id' parameters targeting other patients' records; and database modifications occurring outside normal authorization workflows. The platform's skills would flag anomalous access patterns where low-privilege accounts suddenly query comprehensive patient rosters or modify prior-authorization records, distinguishing legitimate clinical workflows from exploitation attempts and enabling rapid detection of both reconnaissance and data exfiltration activities in healthcare environments.

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283 Casky skills cover this attack pattern

These skills use Claude AI's reasoning model to surface findings in the same attack categories as CVE-2026-124456.

abusing-dpapi-for-credential-access

red teaming · high

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red teaming · high

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Access with Stolen Session Cookie

identity access management · low

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MITRE ATT&CK Techniques

TA0004 TA0006

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