CVE-2026-9356: SourceCodester Hospital's Patient Records Management System SQL injection

CVE-2026-9356 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.3 · Published 2026-05-24

A security vulnerability exists in the SourceCodester Hospital's Patient Records Management System, a web application used for managing medical patient data. An attacker can exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized access to the underlying database without needing a username or password. This could lead to the theft of sensitive patient records, data tampering, or a complete system shutdown, significantly impacting healthcare operations and patient privacy.

Technologies: SourceCodester Hospital's Patient Records Management System. Vendors: SourceCodester.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-9356 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-9356 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-9356?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 24 May 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
SourceCodester Hospital's Patient Records Management System 1.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-9356?
No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
How is CVE-2026-9356 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-9356?
Check whether you run SourceCodester Hospital's Patient Records Management System at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

Technical details

A SQL injection vulnerability exists in SourceCodester Hospital's Patient Records Management System 1.0 within the '/admin/patients/manage_history.php' file. The root cause is the improper neutralization of the 'id' GET parameter, which is used directly in SQL queries without sufficient validation or sanitization. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending specially crafted HTTP requests (e.g., time-based blind payloads) to manipulate database queries. Successful exploitation allows for unauthorized data retrieval, modification, or deletion from the database. A public exploit (PoC) using sqlmap has been disclosed.

Affected products

  • SourceCodester Hospital's Patient Records Management System 1.0

Timeline

  • 2026-04-25: disclosed: Vulnerability details and PoC shared on GitHub.
  • 2026-05-24: advisory: CVE-2026-9356 published.

References

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