OpenEMR before 8.4.0 contains OAuth scope canonicalization and containment flaws that allow unauthenticated attackers to obtain unapproved system-level FHIR access. Attackers can register a colon-form system:Patient.read client that bypasses approval, then request unregistered system/Patient.write scope to read, modify, and create Patient records.
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],
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