Missing authorization in Frappe ERPNext party record endpoints
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 ERPNext before 15.110.0 and from 16.0.0-beta.1 before 16.21.0 lacks authorization checks on certain endpoints that handle party records. An authenticated user with a low-privileged account can send requests to these endpoints to modify party records beyond their permitted role. The weakness is CWE-862.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
Frappe ERPNext before 15.110.0 and 16.x before 16.21.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in certain endpoints that handle party records, allowing authenticated users to modify data beyond their permitted role. Attackers with low-privileged accounts can send requests to these endpoints to make unauthorized changes to party records.
Why it matters now
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
Remediation
Upgrade Frappe ERPNext to version 15.110.0 for the 15.x branch or version 16.21.0 for the 16.x branch.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
- Fix · CNA erpnext (frappe) Fixed in 15.110.0, 16.21.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
frappe erpnext 15.110.0, 16.21.0
7 records Highest priority Priority LOW 7 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-71400 Missing authorization in Frappe ERPNext record creation endpointsPriority LOW 36
- TI-2026-71425 Frappe ERPNext inventory endpoints lack authorization, allowing data changesPriority LOW 31
- TI-2026-71397 SQL injection in Frappe ERPNext via missing input validationPriority LOW 31
Timeline
- 2026-10-13 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109668
- 2026-10-13 Alias added: GHSA-9m7p-fw22-r42w
- 2026-10-13 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
More frappe vulnerabilities
- 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
Sources
- CVE-2026-109668 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109668 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9m7p-fw22-r42w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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