CVE-2026-45336 | HireFlow is a web-based interview management system for mana… | CVSS 10.0 CRITICAL

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.

Metadata

CVE ID: CVE-2026-45336
State: PUBLISHED
Assigner: GitHub_M
Reserved: 2026-05-11 21:40 UTC
Published: 2026-07-16 17:03 UTC
Last updated: 2026-07-16 17:03 UTC
Primary CWE: CWE-798
CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials
Vendor / Product: StratonWebDesigners / HireFlow
Sources: cve.org · NVD

Severity & Metrics

10.0 CRITICAL CVSS 3.1

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

Affected products (1)

Vendor	Product	Platform	Versions
StratonWebDesigners	HireFlow	—	< 1.3

Weakness (CWE)

CWE	Source	Description
CWE-798	cna	CWE-798: Use of Hard-coded Credentials

CVSS scores (1)

Score	Severity	Version	Source	Vector
10.0	CRITICAL	3.1	cna	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:L

References (2)

https://github.com/StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow/security/advisories/GHSA-x53g-jr84-jrv5 https://github.com/StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow/security/advisories/GHSA-x53g-jr84-jrv5
https://github.com/StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow/releases/tag/v1.3 https://github.com/StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow/releases/tag/v1.3