Missing authorization in Frappe ERPNext get_bom_items exposes BOM costs
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
Frappe ERPNext before 15.121.4 and from 16.0.0-beta.1 before 16.36.0 lacks authorization checks in the whitelisted get_bom_items and get_bom_diff methods, which skip BOM read permission checks. Any authenticated user, including portal or no-role users, can call get_bom_items with a BOM name to retrieve every raw material, quantity, rate and cost, classified under CWE-862 (Missing Authorization). The CVSS 4.0 vector shows network attack with low privileges required and high confidentiality impact.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
Description from the CNA
Frappe ERPNext before 15.121.4 and 16.x before 16.36.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the whitelisted get_bom_items and get_bom_diff methods that skip BOM read permission checks. Any authenticated user, including portal or no-role users, can call get_bom_items with a BOM name to retrieve every raw material, quantity, rate and cost.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
Upgrade ERPNext to 15.121.4 or 16.36.0. The sources list fixed versions 15.121.4 and 16.36.0 for frappe erpnext, and no vendor advisory identifier is given.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-11-07
- Fix · CNA erpnext (frappe) Fixed in 15.121.4, 16.36.0
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Release ·
frappe erpnext 15.121.4, 16.36.0
4 records Highest priority Priority MEDIUM 2 MEDIUM, 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-86614 Missing authorization in Frappe ERPNext exposes CRM activity recordsPriority MEDIUM 46
- TI-2026-86616 Missing authorization in Frappe ERPNext exposes material requestsPriority LOW 39
- TI-2026-86613 Missing authorization in Frappe ERPNext exposes payment ledger dataPriority LOW 39
Timeline
- 2026-11-07 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-124315
- 2026-11-07 Alias added: GHSA-66vp-2c6m-m4r6
References
Patch 2
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-2026-124315 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-124315 · NVD
- GHSA-66vp-2c6m-m4r6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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