GHSL-2023-232: Flowise Path Injection at /api/v1/openai-assistants-file
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub.
Summary
Flowise is a drag & drop user interface to build a customized large language model flow. In version 1.4.3 of Flowise, the `/api/v1/openai-assistants-file` endpoint in `index.ts` is vulnerable to arbitrary file read due to lack of sanitization of the `fileName` body parameter. No known patches for this issue are available.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FlowiseAI | Flowise | up to 1.4.3 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | flowise (npm) | up to 1.4.3 | — | No fix listed | GHSA-h997-3fxj-p5j8 |
- Flowise VendorFlowiseAI Affected up to 1.4.3 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- flowise (npm) Vendor— Affected up to 1.4.3 Fixed in — No fix listed GHSA-h997-3fxj-p5j8
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-36420
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h997-3fxj-p5j8
References
Advisory 2
More FlowiseAI Flowise vulnerabilities
- TI-2025-37059 Flowise has Remote Code Execution vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 10.0
- TI-2025-36193 Flowise Cloud and Local Deployments have Unauthenticated Password Reset Token Disclosure that Leads to Account Takeover CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-08190 Unsupervised OS command execution leads to remote code execution by unauthenticated network attackers CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-51595 Flowise before 3.1.3 Sandbox Escape via Puppeteer CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2026-49250 Flowise: CSV Agent Prompt Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.5
- TI-2025-43459 Flowise through 2.2.7 - Arbitrary File Write to Remote Code Execution via document-store API CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 10.0
Sources
- CVE-2024-36420 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-36420 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h997-3fxj-p5j8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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