CVE-2026-40075 OpenMRS Core arbitrary file read via path traversal in ModuleResourcesServlet

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 /openmrs/moduleResources/moduleid endpoint is vulnerable to a path traversal attack. The ModuleResourcesServlet constructs a filesystem path from...

CVE-2026-40075

OpenMRS Core <2.8.6 and 2.8.0–2.8.5 exposes a path traversal in ModuleResourcesServlet (/openmrs/moduleResources/{moduleid}) due to unsafe path construction without normalization, allowing unauthenticated reading of arbitrary files (e.g., /etc/passwd). Tomcat

OpenMRS ModuleResourcesServlet has Path Traversal that Leads to Arbitrary File Read

Affected Versions version ≤ 2.7.8 latest version at time of disclosure https://github.com/openmrs/openmrs-core Impact The /openmrs/moduleResources/moduleid endpoint in OpenMRS Core is vulnerable to a path traversal attack. The ModuleResourcesServlet does not properly validate user-supplied path...