CVE-2026-109601

6.5Medium

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

6.5Medium

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: Low
User interaction: None
Impact: High impact on confidentiality
Weakness: CWE-73

Impact

Authenticated attackers can read arbitrary server files by injecting local file paths into outgoing email HTML. They only need access to a Frappe account capable of supplying outgoing email content.

Root cause

Improper handling of HTML attributes in outgoing emails allows local file paths to be included and exfiltrated.

Affected systems

Frappe Framework versions before 15.117.0 and 16.x before 16.30.0

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

Fix & remediation

Upgrade Frappe Framework to version 15.117.0, 16.30.0, or newer. If you cannot patch immediately, restrict untrusted users from drafting or sending outgoing email templates and HTML content.

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 15.117.0 and 16.x before 16.30.0 contains an arbitrary file read vulnerability in the handling of attributes in outgoing email HTML. Attackers who can supply outgoing email content can set an attribute value referencing a local file path to expose sensitive server files.

References

Source: nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109601