CVE-2026-45336

CRITICALPre-NVD 10.010.0—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

This critical-severity CVE scores 10.0 under a secondary CVSS source (NVD's own analysis pending). EPSS exploit probability: 0.4%, top 65% of all CVEs by exploit prediction. GitHub Security Advisory data not yet ingested — confidence will rise once GHSA publishes (typical lag: hours to days for open-source ecosystem CVEs; never for infrastructure-only CVEs).

Triggered by: NVD CVSS baseline
Sources: epss, secondary
Elevated
10.0
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS: 0%CVSS: 10.0Exploit: NoneExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

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.

CVSS v3
10.0
EG Score
10.0(medium)
EG Risk
76(Attend)
EG Risk 76/100SSVC: Attend

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity100% × 45%
Exploitation40% × 40%
Automatability100% × 15%
Action: Remediate soon — notable exploitation risk.
EPSS
35.0%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 16, 2026

Last Modified

July 17, 2026

Advisory Details (2)

Auto-updated Jul 17, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_release, github.
github Patch Available

Use of Hard-coded Credentials in hirfeflow · Advisory · StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow · GitHub

https://github.com/StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow/security/advisories/GHSA-x53g-jr84-jrv5
github_release Patch Available

Security-Patch-v1.3

Patch available: StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow v1.3

https://github.com/StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow/releases/tag/v1.3

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 12× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-23 14:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-23 03:16 UTCEG score recompute
  4. 2026-07-22 14:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-20 17:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  7. 2026-07-19 14:31 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-19 02:34 UTCEG score recompute
  9. 2026-07-19 02:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-16 17:24 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-07-16 17:23 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-45336?
CVE-2026-45336 is a critical vulnerability published on July 16, 2026. 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 secretkey used to sign session cookies, allowing unauthenticated attackers who know the public source value to…
When was CVE-2026-45336 disclosed?
CVE-2026-45336 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 16, 2026, with the most recent update on July 17, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-45336 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-45336 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 35.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-45336?
CVE-2026-45336 has a CVSS v3 base score of 10.0 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-45336?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-45336, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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