CVE-2026-72907: ERPNext: Broken Access Control on certain endpoint

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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-285

Description

ERPNext is a free and open source Enterprise Resource Planning tool. Prior to 15.111.0 and 16.22.0, the add_ac function in erpnext/accounts/utils.py accepts the ignore_permissions argument without enforcing Account create permission, allowing an authenticated limited user to create unauthorized accounting master records and affect financial data integrity and audit trails. 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/2d0e3fd9af521e407be35fd09e9427176609513f
https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/commit/37d2adc74ba91f388194b3bbe07368c40573a9b2
https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/commit/c0cf9aa1a7f95ee22b99ea1ca2a2cb09b314e67f
https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/pull/55665
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-94v6-784v-24q5

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