Flowintel Arbitrary Log File Path Allows Remote Code Execution via Template Injection
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Attack requirements
- Present
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-94.
Summary
Affected versions of Flowintel allow the LOG_FILE configuration value to be modified through system settings without restricting it to a filename inside the intended log directory. Because the application constructs the log destination from this configurable value, an administrator could set LOG_FILE to an arbitrary filesystem path. Since attackers can influence logged content, this enables controlled data to be written into unintended files. The upstream commit specifically describes an exploitation chain in which an attacker injects a template into a chosen file and subsequently abuses application rendering behavior to execute code. The patch removes LOG_FILE from the web-editable settings, introduces validate_log_file_name() to reject absolute paths, traversal, Windows paths, null bytes, and directory components, and centralizes log path construction through resolve_log_file_path(). Version impacted: >=3.3.0
Why it matters now
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-2026-81743
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jhj7-jmh6-rrgr
References
More flowintel vulnerabilities
- TI-2026-56455 Flowintel Fails to Invalidate Active Sessions After Password Change CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2026-56320 Flowintel Alert Settings Configuration Allows Remote Code Execution via Arbitrary Configuration Keys CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-56447 Flowintel Organization Administrator Can Reset Full Administrator Password and Escalate Privileges CVSS 4.0HIGH 8.6
- TI-2026-56456 Flowintel Login Email Validation Bypass Allows Log Injection via Crafted Email Input CVSS 4.0MEDIUM 6.9
- TI-2026-56446 Flowintel Missing Task-to-Case Authorization Allows Cross-Case Task Modification CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.2
- TI-2026-56318 Flowintel Note PDF Export Allows Arbitrary Local File Read via Pandoc/XeLaTeX Processing CVSS 4.0HIGH 7.1
Sources
- CVE-2026-81743 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-81743 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jhj7-jmh6-rrgr · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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