CVE-2026-40506
OpenEMR before 8.2.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in the standard_tables_manage.php interface where the db GET parameter is passed without validation to temp_dir_cleanup(), which joins the value to the PHP temporary directory path and recursively deletes the resulting directory. Attackers can supply a traversal sequence in the db parameter to resolve outside the intended temporary directory, and by chaining this with an open redirect in dicom_frame.php, an unauthenticated attacker can deliver a crafted URL that triggers arbitrary recursive directory deletion within an authenticated Superuser's session.
What this means for your business
- An attacker can use it remotely, over a network, with an administrator login, and without anyone at your company clicking anything.
- FIRST's prediction model gives it a 0.6% chance of attack attempts being seen in the next 30 days, ranking above 44% of all known flaws.
What to do
- 1Ask your IT team or provider whether any of your systems use the affected product.
- 2If you do, follow the vendor's guidance. No patch reference has been published yet.
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Scoring
- CVSS
- 6.5 (v3.1)
- Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H- CVSS v4
- 7.0
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Assigned by
- disclosure@vulncheck.com
Dates
- Published
- 2026-08-17
- Last modified
- 2026-09-09
- Sources
- NVD
References
- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/2d8a69f0f343c8e8c6ee1b42d224c24a7a4ba415
- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/pull/11951
- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/releases/tag/v8_2_0
- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-hj9x-33vw-5g3x
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openemr-path-traversal-arbitrary-directory-deletion-via-standard-tables-manage-php
- https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-hj9x-33vw-5g3x