CVE-2026-32238
Published: 19 March 2026
Description
Adversaries may abuse Unix shell commands and scripts for execution.
Security Summary
CVE-2026-32238 is a command injection vulnerability (CWE-78) affecting OpenEMR, a free and open source electronic health records and medical practice management application. The flaw resides in the backup functionality due to insufficient input validation and impacts all versions prior to 8.0.0.2. It carries a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.1 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H), indicating critical severity with network accessibility, low attack complexity, and high privileges required.
Authenticated attackers with high privileges can exploit this vulnerability remotely by injecting malicious commands through the backup feature. Successful exploitation allows attackers to achieve high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with a changed scope that potentially affects additional resources beyond the vulnerable component.
The official GitHub security advisory (GHSA-6pmc-3xm7-pm86) and the fixing commit (7bc7bd077a624e205daed17658de41af6070ef73) confirm that upgrading to OpenEMR version 8.0.0.2 resolves the issue through improved input validation in the backup functionality. No additional mitigations are specified in the provided references.
Details
- CWE(s)
Affected Products
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise Techniques
Why these techniques?
Command injection vulnerability in web application backup feature enables exploitation of public-facing application (T1190) and arbitrary Unix shell command execution (T1059.004).