CVE-2026-96795

high

Horilla is an HR and CRM software.

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.

CVSS

8.8

8.8 (CVSS v3.1)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (security-advisories@github.com)

Timeline (UTC)

Published: 2026-09-25 23:16

Modified: 2026-09-28 16:32

NVD status: Deferred

Last synced 2 days ago

Verified against the source API 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC

Exploitation

Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)

Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).

Affected products

Not reported by the source (unknown — not "none").

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-94

Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.

Mitigation & advisories

No vendor advisory or patch reference tagged by NVD. Check the references below.

References

https://github.com/horilla/horilla-hr/releases/tag/2.0.0 security-advisories@github.com
https://github.com/horilla/horilla-hr/security/advisories/GHSA-5g4v-4rv4-r26f security-advisories@github.com
https://github.com/horilla/horilla-hr/security/advisories/GHSA-5g4v-4rv4-r26f 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Data sources

NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-27 06:56 UTC · record ↗

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