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CVE-2026-72910: ERPNext: Unauthorised modification of master data due to missing validation

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% 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 15.112.0 and 16.22.0, the merge_account, pause_job_for_doc, trigger_job_for_doc, change_release_date, and update_cost_center functions across erpnext/accounts/doctype/account/account.py, erpnext/accounts/doctype/process_payment_reconciliation/process_payment_reconciliation.py, erpnext/accounts/doctype/purchase_invoice/purchase_invoice.py, and erpnext/accounts/utils.py omit required write permission checks, allowing authenticated limited users to modify protected data beyond their roles. This issue is fixed in versions 15.112.0 and 16.22.0.

Affected products

• frappe erpnext: before 15.112.0; from 16.0.0, < 16.22.0

References

• https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/commit/2ae6451f10926bd12b6ce6c7dc40f08da83f2460
• https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/commit/8c7a313a38dfe38c9e35ca41e91389bcfaed2404
• https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/commit/ba936eefabb784805daa4c602b4baec9fc243ff8
• https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/pull/55709
• https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/releases/tag/v15.112.0
• https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/releases/tag/v16.22.0
• https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/security/advisories/GHSA-qpvh-75wh-j645

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