What is CVE-2026-45336?

CVE-2026-45336 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Stratonwebdesigners Hireflow, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2026-07-16.

How severe is CVE-2026-45336?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Stratonwebdesigners Hireflow

CVE-2026-45336

HireFlow is a web-based interview management system for managing candidates, scheduling interviews, and tracking hiring progress. In 1.2 and earlier, app.py assigns a hard-coded Flask secret_key used to sign session cookies, allowing unauthenticated attackers who know the public source value to forge cookies containing role=admin and user_id values and bypass authentication. The advisory lists version 1.3 as fixed.

EPSS: 0.006 (47.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L.

Affected products

Stratonwebdesigners Hireflow — versions < 1.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-798 — Use of Hard-coded Credentials

References

security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security-advisories@github.com (x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-45336?: CVE-2026-45336 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Stratonwebdesigners Hireflow, classified under Use of Hard-coded Credentials. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2026-07-16.
How severe is CVE-2026-45336?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.