HAPI FHIR flaws allow cross-tenant reads, writes and gzip exhaustion
CISA issued four CVEs and CSAF advisory VA-26-294-01; a researcher reproduced all four on HAPI FHIR 8.10.0.
Unauthenticated heap exhaustion in SmileCDR HAPI FHIR
SmileCDR HAPI FHIR does not properly handle highly compressed data. An unauthenticated attacker on the network can send compressed payloads that, when decompressed, exhaust server heap or crash certain services. There is no confidentiality or integrity impact. Affected versions and a fixed release have not been stated.
What to do: Apply SmileCDR's update for CVE-2026-113873. No fixed version or workaround is stated.
| Product | Affected |
|---|---|
| SmileCDR HAPI FHIR | — |
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SmileCDR HAPI FHIR does not properly handle highly compressed data, allowing an unauthenticated attacker to send compressed payloads that exhaust server heap or crash certain services when decompressed.
CISA issued four CVEs and CSAF advisory VA-26-294-01; a researcher reproduced all four on HAPI FHIR 8.10.0.
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