Vulnerability · Published Aug 10, 2026 · Assigned by GitHub_M
CVE-2026-72907ERPNext: Broken Access Control on certain endpoint
Medium 6.5
In plain English
A medium-severity security flaw in erpnext from frappe. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 38% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official 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 (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-285 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
References
- https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/security/advisories/GHSA-94v6-784v-24q5 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/pull/55665 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/commit/2d0e3fd9af521e407be35fd09e9427176609513f x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/commit/37d2adc74ba91f388194b3bbe07368c40573a9b2 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/commit/c0cf9aa1a7f95ee22b99ea1ca2a2cb09b314e67f x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/releases/tag/v15.111.0 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/frappe/erpnext/releases/tag/v16.22.0 x_refsource_MISC