Langflow is a tool for building and deploying AI-powered agents and workflows. Prior to 1.9.0, Langflow is vulnerable to Path Traversal in the Knowledge Bases API (DELETE /api/v1/knowledge_bases). This occurs because user-supplied knowledge base names are concatenated directly into file paths without proper sanitization or boundary validation. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to delete arbitrary directories anywhere on the server's filesystem, leading to data loss and potential service disruption. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.9.0.

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Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9whx-c884-c68q Langflow Knowledge Bases API is Vulnerable to Path Traversal
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Wed, 13 May 2026 15:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Wed, 13 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Langflow
Langflow langflow
Vendors & Products Langflow
Langflow langflow

Tue, 12 May 2026 18:15:00 +0000

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Description Langflow is a tool for building and deploying AI-powered agents and workflows. Prior to 1.9.0, Langflow is vulnerable to Path Traversal in the Knowledge Bases API (DELETE /api/v1/knowledge_bases). This occurs because user-supplied knowledge base names are concatenated directly into file paths without proper sanitization or boundary validation. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to delete arbitrary directories anywhere on the server's filesystem, leading to data loss and potential service disruption. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.9.0.
Title Langflow: Path Traversal in Langflow Knowledge Bases API
Weaknesses CWE-22
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 9.6, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:H'}


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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2026-05-13T14:14:16.193Z

Reserved: 2026-04-23T16:05:01.709Z

Link: CVE-2026-42048

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Updated: 2026-05-13T14:14:01.068Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2026-05-12T18:17:23.780

Modified: 2026-05-13T16:32:31.457

Link: CVE-2026-42048

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Updated: 2026-05-13T09:45:09Z

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