CVE-2026-72906: ERPNext: Unauthorised triggering of automated emails due to missing validation

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2026-08-10 · updated 2026-10-24
Weakness: CWE-862

Description

ERPNext is a free and open source Enterprise Resource Planning tool. Prior to 15.111.0 and 16.22.0, the send_auto_email function in erpnext/accounts/doctype/process_statement_of_accounts/process_statement_of_accounts.py lacks a Process Statement Of Accounts permission check, allowing an authenticated low-privilege user to trigger automated emails outside the permitted role. This issue is fixed in versions 15.111.0 and 16.22.0.

Affected products

frappe erpnext: before 15.111.0; from 16.0.0, < 16.22.0

References

https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/commit/18ca96c36ba65362bf1c25abb8eab32c64c6c7dd
https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/commit/e15879acd118ccd343e31ad3b5a6279e514c82c2
https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/pull/55781
https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/releases/tag/v15.111.0
https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/releases/tag/v16.22.0
https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/security/advisories/GHSA-3x6c-gc4v-f5v8

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