CVE-2026-40865 | horilla-opensource horilla 1.5.0 HR File access control

VDB-358556 · CVE-2026-40865 · GCVE-0-2026-40865 HORILLA-OPENSOURCE HORILLA 1.5.0 HR FILE ACCESS CONTROL HISTORYDIFFRELATEJSONXMLCTI CVSS Meta Temp Score Current Exploit Price (≈) CTI Interest Score 4.3 $0-$5k 2.03+ Summaryinfo A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in horilla-opensource horilla 1.5.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component HR File Handler. Such manipulation leads to access control. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2026-40865. The attack can be executed remotely. There is not any exploit available. Detailsinfo A vulnerability was found in horilla-opensource horilla 1.5.0 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component HR File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes: 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. The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2026-40865 since 04/15/2026. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/21/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068. There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Productinfo Vendor horilla-opensource Name horilla Version 1.5.0 CPE 2.3info 🔒 CPE 2.2info 🔒 CVSSv4info VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CNA CVSS-B Score: 🔒 CNA CVSS-BT Score: 🔒 CNA Vector: 🔒 CVSSv3info VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3 VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.3 VulDB Base Score: 4.3 VulDB Temp Score: 4.3 VulDB Vector: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 CVSSv2info Vector Complexity Authentication Confidentiality Integrity Availability Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock VulDB Base Score: 🔒 VulDB Temp Score: 🔒 VulDB Reliability: 🔍 Exploitinginfo Class: Access control CWE: CWE-284 / CWE-266 CAPEC: 🔒 ATT&CK: 🔒 Physical: No Local: No Remote: Yes Availability: 🔒 Status: Not defined Price Prediction: 🔍 Current Price Estimation: 🔒 0-Day Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Today Unlock Unlock Unlock Unlock Threat Intelligenceinfo Interest: 🔍 Active Actors: 🔍 Active APT Groups: 🔍 Countermeasuresinfo Recommended: no mitigation known Status: 🔍 0-Day Time: 🔒 Timelineinfo 04/15/2026 CVE reserved 04/21/2026 +6 days Advisory disclosed 04/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry created 04/21/2026 +0 days VulDB entry last update Sourcesinfo Advisory: github.com Status: Confirmed CVE: CVE-2026-40865 (🔒) GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2026-40865 GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-358556 Entryinfo Created: 04/21/2026 20:57 Changes: 04/21/2026 20:57 (65) Complete: 🔍 Cache ID: 99:74A:101 Discussion No comments yet. Languages: en. Please log in to comment. ◂ PreviousOverviewNext ▸