CVE-2026-14804
Hard-coded crypto key in HUMANIST HR exposes secrets, enabling decryption and impersonation.
Is CVE-2026-14804 being exploited?
Not confirmed. CVE-2026-14804 does not appear in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, which records only exploitation that has been observed and reported publicly. That is evidence of absence of a report, not evidence the flaw is unattacked. EPSS currently estimates a 0.23% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How severe is CVE-2026-14804?
CVE-2026-14804 is rated Critical with a CVSS score of 9.1. Severity describes how bad exploitation would be, not how likely it is: pair it with exploitation evidence before deciding what to patch first.
Is there a patch for CVE-2026-14804?
Yes. A fix has been recorded for CVE-2026-14804. The vendor advisory is the authority on the exact fixed version — apply it from there rather than from a summary.
What does CVE-2026-14804 affect?
CVE-2026-14804 affects HUMANIST Digital Human Resources <26.1, Bilin Software HUMANIST 26.0 and earlier. Confirm the exact affected versions against the vendor advisory before deciding you are exposed.
What should I do about CVE-2026-14804?
Upgrade to HUMANIST 26.1, rotate keys/certs, audit access and logs.
Exploitation status reflects CISA's KEV catalog as we last synced it. Check the catalog directly.
Extract hard-coded keys from the executable to decrypt sensitive data, forge tokens, bypass authentication, and access HR records.
Immediate action required
- affected>= 26.0 and < 26.1
As published in the CVE Program record. A version outside these ranges is not a statement that it is unaffected — vendors sometimes understate a range, and distribution-backported builds carry upstream numbers that do not reflect what was patched into them.