Findings

CVE-2026-40866

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS).

Published Apr 21, 2026 · updated Jun 17, 2026

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 upload endpoint allows any authenticated user to overwrite or replace or corrupt another employee’s document by changing the document ID in the upload request. This enables unauthorized modification of HR records.

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  1. Apr 21, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Detected

    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 upload endpoint allows any authenticated user to overwrite or replace or corrupt another employee’s document by changing the document ID in the upload request. This enables unauthorized modification of HR records.

  2. Jun 17, 2026 · NIST NVD

    Updated

    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 upload endpoint allows any authenticated user to overwrite or replace or corrupt another employee’s document by changing the document ID in the upload request. This enables unauthorized modification of HR records.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-40866

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2026-40866

    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 upload endpoint allows any authenticated user to overwrite or replace or corrupt another employee’s document by changing the document

    nvd.nist.gov

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