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high 8.8

CVE-2026-96795 json

Horilla: Authenticated RCE in Horilla List-View Export

published 3mo ago modified last mo. also EUVD-2026-87370 , GHSA-5g4v-4rv4-r26f

Unreviewed: the maintainers' own advisory

Published by the maintainers on their GitHub repository horilla/horilla-hr. GitHub has not reviewed it into the GitHub Advisory Database, so the affected packages and versions are the maintainers' word. Read the full advisory on GitHub.

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Horilla is an HR and CRM software. Prior to 2.0.0, HorillaListView.export_data in horilla_views/generic/cbv/views.py accepts an authenticated user's columns POST parameter, takes field_tuple[1], interpolates it into dynamic_fn_str as Python source, and passes the generated function definition to exec(). A crafted string that remains valid under ast.literal_eval can inject Python syntax into a default argument evaluated during function definition, allowing arbitrary operating-system commands to execute with the application process privileges, including root privileges in the shipped Docker image. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.0.

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
last mo.

Exploit prediction

0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-11).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/horilla/horilla-hr/security/advisories/GHSA-5g4v-4rv4-r26f referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • horilla horilla-hr

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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The maintainers of horilla/horilla-hr published their own advisory on GitHub. Reviewed sources take precedence over it.