Security Bulletin
Summary
A path traversal vulnerability existed in the APIRequest component when the "Save to File" feature was enabled. The component extracted filenames from server-controlled Content-Disposition headers without proper sanitization, allowing an attacker-controlled HTTP response to write files to arbitrary paths writable by the process. In the official Docker image, this could be escalated to remote code execution by writing malicious .pth files to the site-packages directory, which would execute on the next container restart.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2026-8859
DESCRIPTION: Langflow could allow an attacker to write arbitrary files to unintended locations due to improper input validation in the APIRequest component. A path traversal vulnerability exists when the "Save to File" feature is enabled, where filenames extracted from HTTP response Content-Disposition headers are not sanitized before being joined to the temporary directory path. An attacker controlling an external HTTP server can supply crafted filename values containing path traversal sequences (e.g., ../), enabling arbitrary file writes to locations accessible by the Langflow process.
CWE: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 9.9
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Affected Products and Versions
| Affected Product(s) | Version(s) |
| Langflow OSS | 1.0.0-1.10.0 |
Remediation/Fixes
IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading Langflow OSS to version 1.10.1
Workarounds and Mitigations
None
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References
Acknowledgement
Shawn Dong (DongShuaike)
Change History
02 Jul 2026: Initial Publication
*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
02 July 2026
Initial Publish date:
02 July 2026
UID
ibm17278924