Healthcare Innovation February 2, 2023
The Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center published a sector alert on Jan. 31 advising healthcare organizations about vulnerabilities found on older versions of OpenEMR electronic health records system
On Jan. 31, the Health Sector Cybersecurity Coordination Center (HC3) published a sector alert regarding multiple vulnerabilities in OpenEMR electronic health records system. According to the alert, three vulnerabilities were found in an older version of OpenEMR.
The alert states that “The software development solution company, Sonar, released a report identifying three vulnerabilities in an older version of OpenEMR, a popular electronic health records system. OpenEMR is described as being ‘used by more than 100,000 medical providers serving more than 200 million patients’. The three vulnerabilities are Unauthenticated File Read, Authenticated Local...