What is CVE-2026-44440?

CVE-2026-44440 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Frappe Erpnext, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-05-13.

How severe is CVE-2026-44440?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Frappe Erpnext

CVE-2026-44440

ERPNext is a free and open source Enterprise Resource Planning tool. Prior to 15.101.1 and 16.10.0, an Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability on an endpoint allows an authenticated adjacent attacker to read arbitrary files. This vulnerability is fixed in 15.101.1 and 16.10.0.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

Published 2026-05-13 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 47th percentile — 46.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.006 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Frappe Erpnext — versions < 15.101.1, >= 16.0.0-beta.1, < 16.10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

github.com/frappe/erpnext/security/advisories/GHSA-6ffr-92hr-3394 (Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-44440?: CVE-2026-44440 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Frappe Erpnext, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-05-13.
How severe is CVE-2026-44440?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.