TI-2026-84324 Aliases CVE-2026-121442 GHSA-8r3g-54rx-668x

Permission bypass in Frappe HRMS exposes other employees' expense advances

LOW 23CWE-639Published 2026-11-03 · Updated 2026-11-07

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-639.

Summary

Frappe HRMS from 0 before 15.61.0 contains a permission bypass that lets authenticated employees view other employees' expense advance details. The flaw is an authorization check that does not properly validate which records a user may see, which is classified as CWE-639. A remote attacker with low privileges and a valid employee account can query the Expense Claim Advances API to retrieve advance records belonging to others, exposing sensitive financial information.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03

Description from the CNA

Frappe HRMS before 15.61.0 contains a permission bypass vulnerability that allows authenticated employees to view other employees' expense advance details due to improper authorization checks. Attackers can query the Expense Claim Advances API to retrieve expense advance records belonging to other employees, exposing sensitive financial information.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00182 7th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Fixed hrms (frappe): 15.61.0

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 15.61.0	15.61.0	Patch available	CNA

hrms Vendorfrappe Affected before 15.61.0 Fixed in 15.61.0 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 HRMS to version 15.61.0 or later, which fixes the issue.

Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-03

Fix · CNA hrms (frappe) Fixed in 15.61.0

Timeline

2026-11-03 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-121442
2026-11-03 Alias added: GHSA-8r3g-54rx-668x
2026-11-07 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Advisory 1

GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-9f7p-ppw4-57p6)

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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