What is CVE-2026-40076?

CVE-2026-40076 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openmrs, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-06.

How severe is CVE-2026-40076?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Openmrs

CVE-2026-40076

OpenMRS Core is an open source electronic medical record system platform. In versions 2.7.8 and earlier and versions 2.8.0 through 2.8.5, the module upload endpoint at POST `/openmrs/ws/rest/v1/module` is vulnerable to a Zip Slip path trav…

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.001 (28.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Openmrs
Openmrs Openmrs-core — versions <= 2.7.8, >= 2.8.0, <= 2.8.5

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Exploit, Mitigation, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-40076?: CVE-2026-40076 is a high-severity vulnerability in Openmrs, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2026-05-06.
How severe is CVE-2026-40076?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.