CVE-2026-45336

HireFlow: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

Published Jul 16, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 10 Critical EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
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.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Stratonwebdesigners
Stratonwebdesigners hireflow
Vendors & Products Stratonwebdesigners
Stratonwebdesigners hireflow
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title HireFlow: Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Weaknesses CWE-798
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 10, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
GitHub_M
Published
Updated
Jul 17, 2026, 6:06 PM
Reserved
May 11, 2026, 9:40 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Jul 16, 2026, 6:16 PM
Modified
Oct 24, 2026, 8:10 PM