CVE-2026-109598

4.3Medium

Published 12 Oct 2026 · NVD status: Deferred · AI triage by gemini-3.8-flash

4.3Medium

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None
Impact: Limited impact
Weakness: CWE-862

Impact

Authenticated low-privileged users can send arbitrary SMS messages impersonating the company. An attacker only needs network access and a valid account on the instance.

Root cause

The whitelisted send_sms API endpoint fails to verify caller authorization before sending SMS messages.

Affected systems

Frappe Framework before 15.120.0 and 16.x before 16.33.0

CVSS v3.1 · CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Fix & remediation

Upgrade Frappe Framework to version 15.120.0, 16.33.0, or later. If upgrading must wait, disable SMS gateway integrations or restrict the send_sms whitelisted method via custom server scripts.

shell

$ bench update --apps frappe

AI-suggested. Run it in staging first and check it against the vendor advisory. Why?

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NVD description

Frappe Framework before 15.120.0 and 16.x before 16.33.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the whitelisted send_sms API endpoint, which does not verify that the caller is permitted to send SMS messages. Users lacking the required permissions can invoke send_sms to send arbitrary SMS messages that impersonate the Company.

References

Source: nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109598