Langflow is vulnerable to unauthorized file system access due to path traversal and missing storage path validation
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-639.
Summary
IBM Langflow OSS 1.0.0 through 1.11.5 Langflow could allow an authenticated attacker to access sensitive files belonging to other users due to improper access control in the File/Read File component. When executing flows through the /api/v1/run/advanced/{flow_id} endpoint, the application allows component inputs to reference storage paths using arbitrary user or flow identifiers without verifying ownership. An attacker with low‑privileged authenticated access can supply a crafted file path pointing to another user’s storage namespace, causing the backend to read and return the contents of files uploaded by other users. This vulnerability bypasses intended authorization checks enforced by the file management API and may result in unauthorized disclosure of sensitive user data.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
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.
Fixed in the same release
Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.
- Advisory ·
IBM Langflow OSS — ibm.com/support/pages/node/7286657
2 records Highest priority Priority LOW 2 LOW
Other records, highest priority first
- TI-2026-55210 Langflow is vulnerable to unauthorized file system access due to path traversal and missing storage path validationPriority LOW 29
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-9225
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v63q-2gxx-5p2w
References
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Sources
- CVE-2026-9225 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-9225 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v63q-2gxx-5p2w · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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