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Vulnerability record · CVE-2026-39932 · published 3 August 2026

CVE-2026-39932: Open-emr openemr vulnerability

Open Emr · Openemr

OpenEMR through 8.2.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the document category tree component (library/classes/Tree.class.php) that allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary operating system commands by injecting PHP payloads into the categories database table. Attackers can chain arbitrary SQL execution to alter the id column type to VARCHAR and insert a malicious PHP payload, which is then executed via an unsanitized eval() call whenever any page instantiates CategoryTree, including unauthenticated and low-privilege pages, resulting in command execution as the web server user.

9.4 CVSS 4.0 Critical EPSS 2.0% · top 20.0% CWE-95 · CWE-95
9.4CVSS 4.0 base score
2.0%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
2References, 2 tagged exploit
1 Sep 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

OpenEMR through 8.2.0 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in the document category tree component (library/classes/Tree.class.php) that allows authenticated administrators to execute arbitrary operating system commands by injecting PHP payloads into the categories database table. Attackers can chain arbitrary SQL execution to alter the id column type to VARCHAR and insert a malicious PHP payload, which is then executed via an unsanitized eval() call whenever any page instantiates CategoryTree, including unauthenticated and low-privilege pages, resulting in command execution as the web server user.

CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://jivasecurity.com/writeups/openemr-eval-rce-category-tree-cve-2026-39932 ExploitThird Party Advisory
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/openemr-remote-code-execution-via-categorytree-eval-injection ExploitThird Party Advisory

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2026-39932), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.