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TI-2026-70711 Aliases CVE-2026-108732GHSA-f4w9-fc3h-w6qm

Missing authorization in Frappe HR exposes employee payroll amounts

Priority MEDIUM 57CWE-862Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Attack requirements
None
Impact type
Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · None · None
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.

Summary

Frappe HR (hrms) before 16.11.0, including all 14.x and 15.x releases through 15.64.3, has a missing authorization check (CWE-862) in the whitelisted get_account_and_amount method. Authenticated users without HR roles can call the method over /api/method with enumerable Salary Slip or claim document names, which discloses other employees' net pay and loan, advance, and claim balances. The CVSS 4.0 vector requires low privileges and no user interaction over the network.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

Description from the CNA

Frappe HR (hrms) before 16.11.0, including all 14.x and 15.x releases through 15.64.3, contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the whitelisted get_account_and_amount method that lets authenticated users read payroll amounts. Attackers without HR roles can call the method over /api/method with enumerable Salary Slip or claim document names to disclose other employees' net pay and loan, advance, and claim balances.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00349 28th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed hrms (frappe): 16.11.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
frappehrmsbefore 16.11.016.11.0Patch availableCNA
  • hrms Vendorfrappe Affected before 16.11.0 Fixed in 16.11.0 Patch available CNA

CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1

Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:frappe:frappe_hr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*——frappe
  • cpe:2.3:a:frappe:frappe_hr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·frappe

Remediation

Upgrade frappe hrms to version 16.11.0 or later. The sources list no fixed version for the 14.x and 15.x releases.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29

  • Fix · CNA hrms (frappe) Fixed in 16.11.0

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    frappe hrms 16.11.0

    2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2026-70712 Missing authorization in Frappe HR lets users expire leave allocationsPriority LOW 24
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-11 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-108732
  2. 2026-10-11 Alias added: GHSA-f4w9-fc3h-w6qm
  3. 2026-10-13 CISA SSVC decision points changed
  4. 2026-10-13 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM

References

Patch 1

Advisory 1

Other 3

  • TI-2026-28140 ERPNext v15.103.1 and before is vulnerable to Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI). CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-40873 An issue was discovered in Frappe ERPNext through 15.89.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-40872 An issue was discovered in Frappe ERPNext through 15.89.0. CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-40871 A Server-Side Template Injection (SSTI) vulnerability exists in the Frappe ERPNext… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2025-32462 In Frappe ERPNext 15.57.5, the function get_rfq_containing_supplier() at… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
  • TI-2025-32461 In Frappe ERPNext 15.57.5, the function get_stock_balance_for() at… CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.2
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Sources

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