Langflow - Path Traversal Arbitrary File Write via upload_user_file
Priority HIGH 68CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
The 'POST /api/v2/files' endpoint does not sanitize the 'filename' parameter from the multipart form data, allowing an attacker to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem using path traversal sequences ('../').
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.39973 98th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-5027
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-wr3v-m658-mf42
- 2026-10-25 EPSS moved to the 95th–99th percentile
- 2026-10-25 Priority changed: MEDIUM → HIGH
References
More Langflow vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-08085 Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Auto-Login Bypass and Code Validation KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-00553 Langflow exec_globals Inclusion of Functionality from Untrusted Control Sphere Remote… KEVCVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2025-24427 Langflow <= 1.6.9 CORS Misconfiguration to Token Hijack & RCE KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.4
- TI-2025-02845 Langflow < 1.3.0 Unauthenticated RCE via /api/v1/validate/code KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2026-25463 Langflow has Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Public Flow Build Endpoint KEVCVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-39928 Authorization bypass in langflow KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
Sources
- CVE-2026-5027 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-5027 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-wr3v-m658-mf42 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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