CVE-2026-108733

Frappe HR (hrms) before 16.11.0, including all 14.x and 15.x releases through 15.64.3, contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the whitelisted expire_allocation method that allows authenticated users to expire any leave allocation. Attackers without HR roles can name another employee's Leave Allocation in a POST request to zero its allocated leaves and wipe that employee's remaining leave balance.

CVSS 4.0

5.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS 3.1

4.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

EPSS

0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 17% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-25)

CWE

CWE-862

Published

2026-10-11

Modified

2026-10-18

Record from

the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

• https://github.com/frappe/hrms
• https://github.com/frappe/hrms/blob/0a54d2c7b8b6043e2705b6f557b6ed65260670dd/hrms/hr/doctype/leave_ledger_entry/leave_ledger_entry.py#L199-L228
• https://github.com/frappe/hrms/commit/6ab7a50347367413b78ad5bd5d9e4b8c6653c81f
• https://github.com/frappe/hrms/releases/tag/v16.11.0
• https://hackmd.io/@haind03/frappe-hrms-expire-allocation-missing-authorization-20261010

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