Vulnerability · Published Apr 21, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M

CVE-2026-40865Horilla: Insecure Direct Object Reference at `/employee/view-file/<int:id>

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity improper access control in horilla from horilla-opensource. Proof-of-concept exploit code is public. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS 4.0)7.1High

Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.1% of all CVEs

Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: poc

Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official 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.

Affected products (as reported)

Vendor	Product	Versions
horilla-opensource	horilla	1.5.0

Weakness: CWE-284, CWE-639 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

References

https://github.com/horilla/horilla-hr/security/advisories/GHSA-85cj-fwjh-fjv7 x_refsource_CONFIRM