CVE-2026-108733 (GCVE-0-2026-108733)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-11 12:19 – Updated: 2026-10-11 12:19
VLAI
Title
Frappe HR (hrms) before 16.11.0 Missing Authorization via expire_allocation
Summary
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.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
4.3 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
CWE
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 5496 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
frappe hrms Affected: 0 , < 16.11.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:frappe:frappe_hr:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
2026-10-10 00:00
Credits
HaiND from the Post and Telecommunication Institute of Technology
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