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

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2026-9356-sourcecodester-hospital-s-patient-records-management-system-sql  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2026-05-24. Updated: 2026-05-26  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

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](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/hospital-s-patient-records-management-system). Vendors: [SourceCodester](https://junglewise.ai/threats/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

- [https://github.com/yan-124/yan/issues/1](https://github.com/yan-124/yan/issues/1)
- [https://vuldb.com/submit/813022](https://vuldb.com/submit/813022)
- [https://vuldb.com/vuln/365319](https://vuldb.com/vuln/365319)
- [https://vuldb.com/vuln/365319/cti](https://vuldb.com/vuln/365319/cti)
- [https://www.sourcecodester.com/](https://www.sourcecodester.com/)

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