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CVE-2026-24038

Horilla is a free and open source Human Resource Management System (HRMS). In version 1.4.0, the OTP handling logic has a flawed equality check that can be bypassed. When an OTP expires, the server returns None, and if an attacker omits the otp field from their POST request, the user-supplied OTP is also None, causing the comparison user_otp == otp to pass. This allows an attacker to bypass two-factor authentication entirely without ever providing a valid OTP. If administrative accounts are targ

Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:7079a599c17f5a937f347c6edaf3fff640a43df011d92ecce932cbcc2ce50e93

Known exploited

Not asserted

Disputed

Stale source

Conflicts

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion

{"product":"horilla","vendor":"horilla-opensource","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":">= 1.4.0, < 1.5.0"}]}

cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
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Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion

{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackVector":"NETWORK","availabilityImpact":"NONE","baseScore":8.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","scope":"UNCHANGED","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N","version":"3.1"},"metric_type":"cvssV3_1"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
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CWE assertions

1 source assertion

{"cweId":"CWE-287","description":"CWE-287: Improper Authentication","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
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Source references

2 source assertions

{"name":"https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/releases/tag/1.5.0","tags":["x_refsource_MISC"],"url":"https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/releases/tag/1.5.0"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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{"name":"https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-hqpv-ff5v-3hwf","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/horilla-opensource/horilla/security/advisories/GHSA-hqpv-ff5v-3hwf"}

cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
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Attribution and limitations

CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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