# CVE-2026-41320: Frappe HR has possibility of SQL Injection due to improper field sanitization

> An attacker can exploit improper field sanitization in Frappe HR to perform SQL injection and extract sensitive information.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 21 Apr 2026
- **Updated:** 22 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-745c-5q8r-vgj2

## What is CVE-2026-41320?

CVE-2026-41320 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in frappe hrms, published on 21 Apr 2026. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Frappe HR is an open-source human resources management solution (HRMS). Prior to versions 15.54.0 and 14.38.1, a specially crafted request made to a certain endpoint could result in SQL injection, allowing an attacker to extract information they wouldn't otherwise be able to. Versions 15.54.0 and 14.38.1 contain a patch. No known workarounds are available.

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-41320?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Frappe Frappe Hr.

## How do I fix CVE-2026-41320?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-41320 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-41320 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-41320 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in frappe hrms

- [CVE-2026-40888](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40888/): Frappe HR vulnerable to Improper Access Control (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2026-40889](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-40889/): Frappe HR has Improper Access Control on Files (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-41320 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-41320 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in frappe hrms, published on 21 Apr 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-2026-41320 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: frappe hrms. 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-2026-41320/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41320/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-41320
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-41320
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-41320

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-41320/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.