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CVE-2026-55447: Langflow: BaseFileComponent-based nodes arbitrary file read with RCE exploit

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2026-06-23 · updated 2026-10-25
• Weakness: CWE-61

Description

Langflow is a tool for building and deploying AI-powered agents and workflows. Prior to 1.9.2, by controlling a files that are digested into the RAG, an attacker can direct the node to read any file on the file-system by absolute path. All components based on BaseFileComponent are vulnerable to the vulnerability. This includes Docling (DoclingInlineComponent), Docling Serve, DoclingRemoteComponent), Read File (FileComponent), NVIDIA Retriever Extraction (NvidiaIngestComponent), Video File (VideoFileComponent), and Unstructured API (UnstructuredComponent). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.9.2.

Affected products

• IBM Langflow OSS: before 1.9.2 — fixed in 1.9.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM Langflow OSS 1.9.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://github.com/langflow-ai/langflow/pull/12945
• https://github.com/langflow-ai/langflow/security/advisories/GHSA-ccv6-r384-xp75

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