CVE-2026-47661Disclosure

LOWCVSS 8.7 · HIGH

Signal is active with 1 mentions in latest observed window

Immediate actions

  • Track advisory updates for patch or workaround availability

Recommended action window: Monitor and triage in normal cycle

NVD description

Pathling is a set of tools that make it easier to use FHIR and clinical terminology within health data analytics. Prior to version 2.0.0 of Pathling Server, Pathling's `/$result` endpoint allows a caller who can obtain any valid async export job ID to supply `file` parameter values containing path traversal sequences. The handler verifies only the supplied `job` and never normalises or confines the requested `file` path to that job's `jobs/<jobId>` directory before opening it as a filesystem resource. Because async export scratch space lives under the same warehouse database root as persisted resource tables, an attacker can use their own export job to read other files from the warehouse. This is fixed in Pathling Server 2.0.0. As an interim mitigation, disable the async export operations (`pathling.operations.exportEnabled`, `patientExportEnabled`, `groupExportEnabled`, `bulkSubmitEnabled`) or enable authentication and restrict export capability to trusted callers.

0.0/ 10 priority

Sources & remediation

Weakness type (CWE)
CWE-22

Priority

LOW

Exploitation

NONE

PoC

NONE

Patch

NONE

Momentum

NONE

Threat summary

  • 1 mentions across 1 observed day

What's happening

  • Technical details provided in 1 signal
  • Disclosure: 1 classified signal
  • 1 total mentions across 1 day

Deep dive

Activity timeline1 mentions / 1d
00111Mentions · 2026-08-10: 1Technical Details · 2026-08-10: 108-10
Signal classification1 categories
Disclosure
1100.0%
Referenced assets1 URL
Full discourse1 post
  • Cyber Threat Observatory | Alan Turing Institute@TuringCyberObs
    Disclosure

    CVE-2026-47661 Pathling Path traversal could allow unauthenticated exfiltration of patient records from affected FHIR analytics deployments Full analysis: https://github.com/alan-turing-institute/cyber-threat-observatory/blob/main/reports/2026-08-07/TIER_2_CVE-2026-47661.md #CyberSecurity #HealthcareCybersecurity #VulnerabilityManagement

    Post summary

    The post announces CVE-2026-47661, a path-traversal flaw in Pathling that lets an attacker unauthenticatedly exfiltrate patient records from FHIR analytics deployments, and directs readers to a detailed GitHub analysis.

    0000044
    59 followersView on X

Explore more