TI-2026-70712 Aliases CVE-2026-108733 GHSA-7xfq-498m-4hrf

Missing authorization in Frappe HR lets users expire leave allocations

LOW 24CWE-862Published 2026-10-11 · Updated 2026-10-18

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Attack requirements: None
Impact type: Security bypass
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · Low · 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 the 14.x and 15.x releases through 15.64.3, contains a missing authorization flaw (CWE-862) in the whitelisted expire_allocation method. An authenticated user without HR roles can expire another employee's leave allocation, which wipes that employee's remaining leave balance.

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 expire_allocation method that allows authenticated users to expire any leave allocation. Attackers without HR roles can name another employee's Leave Allocation in a POST request to zero its allocated leaves and wipe that employee's remaining leave balance.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00259 17th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed hrms (frappe): 16.11.0

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
frappe	hrms	before 16.11.0	16.11.0	Patch available	CNA

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.

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:frappe:frappe_hr::::::::	—	—	frappe

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

Remediation

Upgrade Frappe HR (hrms) to version 16.11.0. The sources list no fixed version for Frappe HR 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 · 2026-10-11
frappe hrms 16.11.0
2 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 1 MEDIUM, 1 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-70711 Missing authorization in Frappe HR exposes employee payroll amountsPriority MEDIUM 57
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Timeline

2026-10-11 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-108733
2026-10-11 Alias added: GHSA-7xfq-498m-4hrf
2026-10-18 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Patch 1

https://github.com/frappe/hrms/commit/6ab7a50347367413b78ad5bd5d9e4b8c6653c81f

Advisory 1

https://hackmd.io/@haind03/frappe-hrms-expire-allocation-missing-authorization-20261010

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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