Flowise - Path Traversal in Vector Store basePath Parameter
Priority MEDIUM 56CWE-22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Flowise before 3.1.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in Faiss and SimpleStore vector store implementations that accept unsanitized basePath parameters from authenticated users. Attackers with valid API tokens can write vector store data to arbitrary filesystem locations, potentially enabling code execution or data exfiltration.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.005 43rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Flowise (Flowise): 3.1.0
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- 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
- Fix · CNA Flowise (Flowise) Fixed in 3.1.0
- Fix · CNA Flowise (Flowise) Fixed in 3.1.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-56273
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g8g5-48h4-5r8h
References
More FlowiseAI 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-2026-56273 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-56273 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-g8g5-48h4-5r8h · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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