Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via Auto-Login Bypass and Code Validation
Priority CRITICAL 100Exploited in the wildCWE-94Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
IBM Langflow OSS 1.0.0 through 1.10.0 allows unauthenticated attackers to chain /api/v1/auto_login (mints SUPERUSER tokens to any network caller) with /api/v1/validate/code (executes user code via exec()) to achieve full RCE on default Langflow deployments
Why it matters now
Exploitation Active In CISA KEV since 2026-08-04CISA due date 2026-08-07
EPSS 0.28658 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
- Active
- Automatable
- Yes
- 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
- 2026-08-04 Added to CISA KEV
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9198
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5wm9-vgmg-cjv6
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-9198 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9198 · NVD
- CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-5wm9-vgmg-cjv6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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