Path Traversal in OrangeHRM (CVE-2026-39345)
Summary
Path traversal in OrangeHRM (CVE-2026-39345). Confidential information can be exposed externally. Mitigation: upgrade to 5.8.1 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-39345 has been found in OrangeHRM.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 4.9/10.
What to do: upgrade OrangeHRM to 5.8.1 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "OrangeHRM CVE-2026-39345" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-39345 (OrangeHRM) — CWE-22 / CVSS v3 4.9
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / no user interaction
Patched: 5.8.1 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Path traversal (CWE-22) exists in OrangeHRM.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of OrangeHRM.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 4.9/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.
Update to 5.8.1.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'OrangeHRM' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'OrangeHRM' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
OrangeHRMを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade OrangeHRM to 5.8.1ステージング環境で 5.8.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov