Flowise: RBAC Bypass Leading to Unauthorized Workspace Variables Disclosure
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · None · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-863.
Summary
Flowise is a drag-and-drop user interface for building customized large language model (LLM) flows. Prior to 3.1.3, Flowise injects $vars into the code execution sandbox without requiring variables:view, bypassing the permission-protected Variables API. Variables for the active workspace are fetched at packages/components/src/utils.ts and runtime variables are resolved from server environment variables, while the official variables route enforces variables:view. A user or API key that is denied variables:view can call /api/v1/node-custom-function and receive $vars pre-populated with all variables for the workspace, including Variable.name to Variable.value static variables and Variable.name to process.env[Variable.name] runtime variables. This can expose secrets such as database passwords, JWT secrets, SMTP passwords, and cloud keys, depending on the workspace Variables configuration. This issue is fixed in version 3.1.3.
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FlowiseAI | Flowise | before 3.1.3 | 3.1.3 | Patch available | CNA |
| — | flowise (npm) | before 3.1.3 | 3.1.3 | Patch available | GHSA-8r8h-6vcc-xhrv |
- Flowise VendorFlowiseAI Affected before 3.1.3 Fixed in 3.1.3 Patch available CNA
- flowise (npm) Vendor— Affected before 3.1.3 Fixed in 3.1.3 Patch available GHSA-8r8h-6vcc-xhrv
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Flowise (FlowiseAI) Fixed in 3.1.3
- Fix · GHSA-8r8h-6vcc-xhrv flowise (npm) Fixed in 3.1.3 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-70471
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8r8h-6vcc-xhrv
References
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-2026-70471 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-70471 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8r8h-6vcc-xhrv · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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