CVE-2026-40865

Description

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). In 1.5.0, an insecure direct object reference in the employee document viewer allows any authenticated user to access other employees’ uploaded documents by changing the document ID in the request. This exposes sensitive HR files such as identity documents, contracts, certificates, and other private employee records.

PUBLISHED Reserved 2026-04-15 | Published 2026-04-21 | Updated 2026-04-21 | Assigner GitHub_M

Problem types

CWE-284: Improper Access Control

CWE-639: Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

Product status

References

github.com/...lla-hr/security/advisories/GHSA-85cj-fwjh-fjv7 exploit

github.com/...lla-hr/security/advisories/GHSA-85cj-fwjh-fjv7

cve.org (CVE-2026-40865)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-40865)

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