CVE-2016-6531: Opendental

Critical severity, CVSS 9.8. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Open Dental 16.1 and earlier has a hardcoded MySQL root password, which allows remote attackers to obtain administrative access by leveraging access to intranet TCP port 3306. NOTE: the vendor disputes this issue, stating that the "vulnerability note ... is factually false ... there is indeed a default blank password, but it can be changed ... We recommend that users change it, each customer receives direction.

Affected products

• Opendental Opendental: up to and including 16.1

Published 2016-09-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.