CVE-2026-44442: CWE-862: Missing Authorization in frappe erpnext
ERPNext is a free and open source Enterprise Resource Planning tool. Prior to 16.9.1, certain endpoints failed to enforce proper authorization checks, allowing users to modify data beyond their permitted role. This vulnerability is fixed in 16.9.1.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
CVE-2026-44442 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in ERPNext, an open-source ERP tool. Prior to version 16.9.1, some API endpoints failed to enforce proper authorization, enabling privilege escalation where users could modify data beyond their assigned roles. This vulnerability affects all versions before 16.9.1 and is fixed by updating to 16.9.1. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 9.9, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, required privileges, no user interaction, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker with limited privileges to perform unauthorized data modifications, potentially leading to full compromise of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the affected ERPNext instance. This could disrupt business operations and lead to data breaches.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade ERPNext to version 16.9.1 or later, where the missing authorization checks have been properly implemented. Since the vendor advisory indicates the issue is fixed in 16.9.1, applying this official fix is the recommended remediation. No other mitigation guidance is provided.
CVE-2026-44442: CWE-862: Missing Authorization in frappe erpnext
Description
ERPNext is a free and open source Enterprise Resource Planning tool. Prior to 16.9.1, certain endpoints failed to enforce proper authorization checks, allowing users to modify data beyond their permitted role. This vulnerability is fixed in 16.9.1.
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Machine-generated threat intelligence
Technical Analysis
CVE-2026-44442 is a critical missing authorization vulnerability (CWE-862) in ERPNext, an open-source ERP tool. Prior to version 16.9.1, some API endpoints failed to enforce proper authorization, enabling privilege escalation where users could modify data beyond their assigned roles. This vulnerability affects all versions before 16.9.1 and is fixed by updating to 16.9.1. The CVSS 3.1 base score is 9.9, reflecting network attack vector, low attack complexity, required privileges, no user interaction, and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.
Potential Impact
Exploitation of this vulnerability allows an attacker with limited privileges to perform unauthorized data modifications, potentially leading to full compromise of data confidentiality, integrity, and availability within the affected ERPNext instance. This could disrupt business operations and lead to data breaches.
Mitigation Recommendations
Upgrade ERPNext to version 16.9.1 or later, where the missing authorization checks have been properly implemented. Since the vendor advisory indicates the issue is fixed in 16.9.1, applying this official fix is the recommended remediation. No other mitigation guidance is provided.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- GitHub_M
- Date Reserved
- 2026-05-06T14:40:00.955Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- null
Threat ID: 6a04f261cbff5d8610128017
Added to database: 5/13/2026, 9:51:29 PM
Last enriched: 5/13/2026, 10:06:37 PM
Last updated: 5/14/2026, 6:52:39 AM
Views: 10
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