What is CVE-2026-39345?

CVE-2026-39345 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Orangehrm, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2026-04-07.

How severe is CVE-2026-39345?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Orangehrm

CVE-2026-39345

OrangeHRM is a comprehensive human resource management (HRM) system. From 5.0 to 5.8, OrangeHRM Open Source fails to restrict email template file resolution to the intended plugins directory, allowing an authenticated actor who can influence the template path to read arbitrary local files. This vulnerability is fixed in 5.8.1.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.003 (24.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Orangehrm — versions >= 5.0, < 5.8.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-39345?: CVE-2026-39345 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Orangehrm, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2026-04-07.
How severe is CVE-2026-39345?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.