Vulnerability record
CVE-2026-129429
The short answer
CVE-2026-129429 affects frappe india-payroll and is rated high (CVSS 7.1). It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
What it is
Frappe india-payroll before 16.0.4 contains a missing authorization vulnerability in the get_employee_details, compute_tax_comparison and set_tax_regime methods of tax_regime_selector.py that allows authenticated low-privileged users to access other employees' payroll data. Attackers can supply another employee identifier to read base pay and earning and deduction components, or change the tax regime on draft Salary Structure Assignments to affect tax withholding.
Weakness: CWE-862.
Severity
7.1 high
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/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
Exploited (CISA KEV)
Not listed
CISA lists confirmed exploitation only
EPSS, next 30 days
No score
FIRST scores CVEs within a day of publication
How it can be exploited
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Confidentiality impact
- High
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Affected products
india-payroll. NVD's record lists the exact affected versions.
References
- github.com/frappe/india-payroll
- github.com/frappe/india-payroll/blob/9c1fc91b34de8a55df58aa5f2dbabff95dedb4d1/india_payroll/india_payroll/page/tax_regime_selector/tax_regime_selector.py#L207-L215
- github.com/frappe/india-payroll/commit/78de736298a340ecb971826a5df10e7204773cef
- github.com/frappe/india-payroll/commit/bdb988f172663db4054f9c3fc23833f10c3b60b0
- github.com/frappe/india-payroll/releases/tag/v16.0.4
- github.com/frappe/india-payroll/security/advisories/GHSA-758f-34xj-xvcc
- www.vulncheck.com/advisories/frappe-india-payroll-before-16.0.4-missing-authorization-via-tax-regime-selector
Questions
Is CVE-2026-129429 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 2026-11-14.
How do I fix CVE-2026-129429?
Follow the vendor advisory in the references below. NVD lists the affected versions under its configurations.
From NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and OSV.dev, checked . Status on NVD: Received. The description is NVD's text, quoted as published.
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