CVE-2026-129429
What it is
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.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure.
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- ReservedThe CVE id was reserved by its CNA
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: not scored yet.
- Severity: 7.1 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Weakness
- CWE-862 · Missing authorization
- Record status
- Received
Attack profile CVSS 4.0 · 7.1
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X
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Fix and advisories
- https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/commit/78de736298a340ecb971826a5df10e7204773cef
- https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/commit/bdb988f172663db4054f9c3fc23833f10c3b60b0
- https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/releases/tag/v16.0.4
- https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/security/advisories/GHSA-758f-34xj-xvcc
References
- https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll
- https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/blob/9c1fc91b34de8a55df58aa5f2dbabff95dedb4d1/india_payroll/india_payroll/page/tax_regime_selector/tax_regime_selector.py#L207-L215
- https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/commit/78de736298a340ecb971826a5df10e7204773cef
- https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/commit/bdb988f172663db4054f9c3fc23833f10c3b60b0
- https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/releases/tag/v16.0.4
- https://github.com/frappe/india-payroll/security/advisories/GHSA-758f-34xj-xvcc
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/frappe-india-payroll-before-16.0.4-missing-authorization-via-tax-regime-selector