Patient-record disclosure via unauthenticated API endpoint
Published May 6, 2026 · Updated May 6, 2026
Missing authentication in PicoTronica e-Clinic Healthcare System ECHS 5.7 allows remote attackers to read patient records through its API. The patient-records endpoint accepts requests without performing the authentication check required before returning records. No credentials or user interaction are required; successful requests disclose patient data but do not establish write access or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Missing authentication in PicoTronica e-Clinic Healthcare System ECHS 5.7 allows remote attackers to read patient records through its API. The patient-records endpoint accepts requests without performing the authentication check required before returning records. No credentials or user interaction are required; successful requests disclose patient data but do not establish write access or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-8031
- Published
- May 6, 2026
- Updated
- May 6, 2026
- Vendor
- PicoTronica
- Product
- e-Clinic Healthcare System ECHS
- Classifications
- CWE-287, CWE-306, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 6, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 6, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.7
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Public exploit references
- Patient-records API proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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