CVE-2026-129429frappe india-payroll missing authorization
CVE-2026-129429 is a missing authorization in frappe india-payroll, rated high (7.1 on CVSS 4.0).
Why this priority: High severity, with no exploitation signal yet.
Published · Updated · NVD status: Received
What it is
An action never checks whether the caller is allowed to perform it.
How it is reached
An attacker can exploit it over the network, with an ordinary user account, and nobody has to click anything.
What an attacker gains
A successful attack can read the data it protects. In practice, this kind of flaw lets an attacker reach data or actions their role should not allow.
Is it being exploited?
There is no public report of exploitation yet.
What to do
- Upgrade frappe india-payroll to 16.0.4 or later.
- Until it is patched, review who holds accounts that can reach it.
Description from NVD
Frappe india-payroll before 16.0.4 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the get_employee_details, compute_tax_comparison and set_tax_regime methods of tax_regime_selector.py that allows authenticated low-privileged users to access other employees' payroll data. Attackers can supply another employee identifier to read base pay and earning and deduction components, or change the tax regime on draft Salary Structure Assignments to affect tax withholding.
What this means for your architecture.
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Components it touches
- Permission checks in APIs and admin surfaces. The flaw sits between one role or tenant and another.
- Multi-tenant services. The flaw sits between one role or tenant and another.
Trust boundaries in play
- Authenticated network access. An account is needed, so exposure follows who can sign in: customers, partners or staff.
- Between one role or tenant and another. An attacker who crosses it can reach data or actions their role should not allow.
Questions to answer about your own systems
- Where does frappe india-payroll run in your systems, and at which version?
- Which of those instances can be reached from the internet or partner networks?
- What can it reach once compromised: which data stores, secrets and services?
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Sources
- CVE records and CVSS scores from the NVD CVE API. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- Exploitation status from CISA’s Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
- Exploit likelihood from FIRST’s Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS), refreshed daily.
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