Horilla: Authenticated RCE in Horilla List-View Export

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  "id": "6ea6367c61fac75a52f2bcd7734c5d3cae2658a18ae87495a55b084c664519bc",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96795",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Horilla: Authenticated RCE in Horilla List-View Export",
    "summary": "Horilla is an HR and CRM software. Prior to 2.0.0, HorillaListView.export_data in horilla_views/generic/cbv/views.py accepts an authenticated user's columns POST parameter, takes field_tuple[1], interpolates it into dynamic_fn_str as Python source, and passes the generated function definition to exec(). A crafted string that remains valid under ast.literal_eval can inject Python syntax into a default argument evaluated during function definition, allowing arbitrary operating-system commands to execute with the application process privileges, including root privileges in the shipped Docker image. This issue is fixed in version 2.0.0.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2026-96795",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
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      "aliases": [
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        "GHSA-5g4v-4rv4-r26f"
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          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
        }
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              "repo": "https://github.com/horilla/horilla-hr",
              "type": "GIT",
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                    ],
                    "source": "REFERENCES_TAG",
                    "original_tag": "2.0.0"
                  },
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                    "range": [
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                    "source": "DESCRIPTION"
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          ],
          "versions": [
            "2.0.0-rc1",
            "release/v2.1.0",
            "1.3",
            "1.2.3",
            "1.2.2",
            "1.2.1",
            "1.2.0",
            "1.1.0",
            "1.0.0"
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          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2026-96795.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:25.157144120Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://github.com/horilla/horilla-hr/releases/tag/2.0.0",
        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2026/96xxx/CVE-2026-96795.json",
        "https://github.com/horilla/horilla-hr/security/advisories/GHSA-5g4v-4rv4-r26f",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96795"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "cwe_ids": [
          "CWE-94"
        ],
        "cna_assigner": "GitHub_M",
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      }
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        "value": "CVE-2026-96795",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 492021,
  "published_at": "2026-09-25T22:17:04.855+00:00"
}