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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction None

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
StratonWebDesigners HireFlow affected
Version Status Constraints
< 1.3 affected —

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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
https://github.com/StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow/releases/tag/v1.3 cve-icon
https://github.com/StratonWebDesigners/HireFlow/security/advisories/GHSA-x53g-jr84-jrv5 cve-icon
History

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Stratonwebdesigners
Stratonwebdesigners hireflow
Vendors & Products Stratonwebdesigners
Stratonwebdesigners hireflow

Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:30:00 +0000

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'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-16T17:03:00.629Z

Reserved: 2026-05-11T21:40:08.176Z

Link: CVE-2026-45336

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Updated: 2026-07-16T19:00:04Z

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