CVE-2026-129429 · Package
NO FIX YET · SEE WHAT TO DO
The india-payroll app for Frappe has missing authorization checks in three tax regime methods. An logged-in low-privileged user can pass another employee's ID to read base pay and salary components, or change the tax regime on draft salary assignments.
first public Sep 17, 2026 · 1 source
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Companies running the india-payroll app on Frappe or ERPNext where employees have logins with limited roles. Exposure depends on those users being able to reach the payroll methods; installations without the app can skip it.
Not affected if app-not-installed, no-untrusted-logins
Who cares erpnext, frappe, india-payroll, self-hosted
india-payroll version in the Frappe bench; versions below 16.0.4 are affected.tax_regime_selector.py and confirm the get_employee_details, compute_tax_comparison and set_tax_regime methods.india-payroll to 16.0.4 or later (per the advisory's before-16.0.4 range).Frappe india-payroll before 16.0.4 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the get_employee_details, compute_tax_comparison and set_tax_regime methods of tax_regime_selector.py that allows authenticated low-privileged users to access other employees' payroll data. Attackers can supply another employee identifier to read base pay and earning and deduction components, or change the tax regime on draft Salary Structure Assignments to affect tax withholding.
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