What is CVE-2026-72908?

CVE-2026-72908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Frappe Erpnext, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-10.

How severe is CVE-2026-72908?

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

SQL Injection in Frappe Erpnext

CVE-2026-72908

ERPNext is a free and open source Enterprise Resource Planning tool. Prior to 15.109.0 and 16.20.0, the get_tax_template function in erpnext/accounts/doctype/tax_rule/tax_rule.py constructs an SQL WHERE clause from request-influenced posting_date and args values, allowing an authenticated low-privilege user to inject SQL and extract sensitive information. This issue is fixed in versions 15.109.0 and 16.20.0.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2026-08-10 · last modified 2026-09-08.

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: 0.005 (40.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-25.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.005 · change: +0.002

Affected products

Frappe Erpnext — versions < 15.109.0, >= 16.0.0, < 16.20.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-72908?: CVE-2026-72908 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Frappe Erpnext, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2026-08-10.
How severe is CVE-2026-72908?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.