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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityDeferred

CVE-2026-85214

vhr fails to validate user authorization in the PUT /hr/info endpoint, allowing authenticated users to modify arbitrary HR profiles by supplying any profile ID in the request body.

HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.27%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

vhr fails to validate user authorization in the PUT /hr/info endpoint, allowing authenticated users to modify arbitrary HR profiles by supplying any profile ID in the request body. Attackers can overwrite other users' names, addresses, and disable accounts including administrators to cause denial of service.

CVSS 4.0
7.2 HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/M
EPSS
0.27% probability · 20th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-639
Source
disclosure@vulncheck.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.