Frappe: Field-level permission bypass via Document Follow

published 2026-08-07 3 mo ago modified 2026-09-08 2 mo ago also EUVD-2026-54500

cvss: 5.3; version 4.0, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.5%; EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 41%
public exploits: 0; none known

Frappe is a full-stack web application framework. Prior to 16.20.0 and 15.112.0, a field-level permissions bypass exposes restricted DocType fields. This issue is fixed in versions 16.23.0 and 15.112.0.

Patch / fix

links 2

github.com/frappe/frappe@45dfd14 commit
github.com/frappe/frappe@d6a214d commit

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 3 mo ago (2026-08-08)

Exploit prediction

0.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 41% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	4.0	5.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CNA	4.0	5.3	CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Affected products

frappe frappe

Classification

Weakness

CWE-863 Incorrect Authorization

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2026-66059
NVD CVE-2026-66059

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Summary