CVE-2026-25602: Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in the feedback function of Mesalvo MEONA (MEONA Client and MEONA Server).

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in the feedback function of Mesalvo MEONA (MEONA Client and MEONA Server).

Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity in the feedback function of Mesalvo MEONA (MEONA Client and MEONA Server). The MEONA Client transmits the recipient address of a feedback report to the MEONA Server, and the server sends the report to the transmitted address instead of the address configured on the server. The feedback function is available only in the MEONA administration area, which requires one of the administrative roles ADMINISTRATOR, SUPERADMINISTRATOR or TYPIST (catalogue editing), or the PHARMACIST role holding the PHARMACY_ADMINISTRATOR right, assigned explicitly by the operating hospital's administrators. Such a user who modifies the client request can cause the MEONA Server to send a message with content of the user's choosing, from the sender address configured on the server, to a recipient of the user's choosing, within the limits permitted by the operator's mail relay. The message can be used for social engineering because it appears to originate from an internal hospital system. Exploitation requires a MEONA account with one of the administrative roles named above and access to the operating hospital's internal network; MEONA is operated exclusively with

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What it means for a small business

If your business uses Meona Server, install the vendor's update. If you're not sure whether you use it, ask whoever manages your computers.

How likely is an attack? The Exploit Prediction Scoring System, run by FIRST (the global association of security response teams), puts the odds of this one being exploited in the next 30 days at under 0.1%, higher than 0% of CVEs. That’s low, but low isn’t zero, and the odds jump the day someone publishes an exploit. Scored October 28, 2026, updated daily.

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