# CVE-2026-101006: Frappe HR Permission Validation __init__.py get_attendance_requests authorization

> Attackers can bypass authorization checks in Frappe HR to access unauthorized employee attendance, expense, and shift request data.

- **Severity:** Medium 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:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 28 Sep 2026
- **Updated:** 1 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-44r9-7c38-8jw8

## What is CVE-2026-101006?

CVE-2026-101006 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Frappe HR, published on 28 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A flaw has been found in Frappe HR up to 16.15.0. This vulnerability affects the function get_expense_claims/get_shift_requests/get_attendance_requests of the file hrms/api/__init__.py of the component Permission Validation. This manipulation of the argument employee causes incorrect authorization. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. The vendor replied: "This issue has already been reported by another individual, and based on that, we have fixed it."

Weakness: CWE-863 (Incorrect Authorization), CWE-285 (Improper Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-101006?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-101006?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-101006 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-101006 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-101006 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-101006 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-101006 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Frappe HR, published on 28 Sep 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-101006 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Frappe HR. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-101006/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-101006/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-101006
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-101006
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-101006

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-101006/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.