Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 25, 2026· Updated Feb 26, 2026
OpenEMR Portal Users Can Forge Provider Signatures
CVE-2026-24890
Description
OpenEMR is a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. Prior to version 8.0.0, an authorization bypass vulnerability in the patient portal signature endpoint allows authenticated portal users to upload and overwrite provider signatures by setting type=admin-signature and specifying any provider user ID. This could potentially lead to signature forgery on medical documents, legal compliance violations, and fraud. The issue occurs when portal users are allowed to modify provider signatures without proper authorization checks. Version 8.0.0 fixes the issue.
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References
2- github.com/openemr/openemr/commit/a29c0f7ac0975429a85cd09a3ff12ee0dcdb4478mitrex_refsource_MISC
- github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-xc8x-mfh8-9xvhmitrex_refsource_CONFIRM
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