CVE-2026-40866

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 upload endpoint allows any authenticated user to overwrite or replace or corrupt another employee’s document by changing the document ID in the upload request. This enables unauthorized modification of HR 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-q2qh-v828-r4p7 exploit

github.com/...lla-hr/security/advisories/GHSA-q2qh-v828-r4p7

cve.org (CVE-2026-40866)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2026-40866)

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