CVE-2026-109661

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 low-privileged users can read sensitive financial data beyond their assigned roles. They only need a valid account and network access to the ERPNext instance.

Root cause

Specific ERPNext endpoints fail to perform proper authorization checks on incoming requests.

Affected systems

Frappe ERPNext versions before 15.116.0, and 16.x versions before 16.27.0

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 ERPNext to 15.116.0, 16.27.0, or later. No interim mitigation is documented, so prioritize updating the application.

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 15.116.0 and 16.x before 16.27.0 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in certain endpoints that fail to enforce proper authorization checks, exposing financial data. Authenticated attackers with low-privileged accounts can query these endpoints to read financial data beyond their permitted role.

References

Source: nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-109661