What is GHSA-777w-r6wc-hhj2?

GHSA-777w-r6wc-hhj2 is a security advisory published by GitHub Security Advisories with Medium severity. OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the FaxSMS module's...

Which CVE IDs does GHSA-777w-r6wc-hhj2 cover?

GHSA-777w-r6wc-hhj2 covers the following CVE IDs: CVE-2026-126420. Each CVE has its own detail page on EchelonGraph Pulse with the synthesized EG score.

What is the CVSS v3 score of GHSA-777w-r6wc-hhj2?

GHSA-777w-r6wc-hhj2 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9, published by GitHub Security Advisories.

GHSA-777w-r6wc-hhj2MediumCVSS 5.9

OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the FaxSMS module's...

Vendor

GitHub Security Advisories

Published

November 13, 2026

Last Modified

November 13, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2026-126420 →

📋 Description

OpenEMR before 8.5.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the FaxSMS module's utility.php that allows read-only demographics users to create patient charts. Attackers can submit the form_create request with chosen identity fields to create fictitious or duplicate patients with employer, history, and insurance records.

🔗 References (4)

https://github.com/openemr/openemr/security/advisories/GHSA-ppg9-2f9f-chc4
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-126420
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openemr-before-8.5.0-missing-authorization-in-faxsms-utility-php-patient-creation
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-777w-r6wc-hhj2