CVE-2026-109658

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-862

Impact

Authenticated users can access unauthorized endpoints to read sensitive and personal data beyond their assigned permissions. The attacker only needs a low-privileged account on the ERPNext instance.

Root cause

Certain API endpoints fail to enforce authorization checks against the requesting user's role.

Affected systems

Frappe ERPNext versions before 15.115.0 and 16.x versions before 16.26.0

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 ERPNext to version 15.115.0, 16.26.0, or later depending on your current release branch. No interim workarounds or mitigations are provided, so you must patch to resolve the issue.

shell

$ bench update --apps erpnext

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

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NVD description

Frappe ERPNext before 15.115.0 and 16.x before 16.26.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in which certain endpoints fail to enforce proper authorization checks. Authenticated users can call these endpoints to read data, including personal data, beyond what their assigned role permits.

References

Source: nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109658