Security Bulletin
Summary
A path traversal vulnerability existed in the File component's tar archive extraction functionality. An authenticated user could upload a specially crafted tar archive containing symbolic links to read arbitrary files accessible to the application process. The vulnerability allowed an attacker to extract the JWT signing key from the server's file system, which could then be used to forge authentication tokens for any user, including administrative users. The flaw occurred because the path validation logic performed lexical resolution on symbolic link members before they were written to disk, allowing the validation to pass while the subsequent extraction created actual symbolic links pointing outside the intended directory. This could lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files including JWT signing keys, database files, environment variables, and other users' uploaded content.
Vulnerability Details
CVEID: CVE-2026-7872
DESCRIPTION: Langflow OSS allows an authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files including the JWT signing key and forge authentication tokens for any user.
CWE: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CVSS Source: IBM
CVSS Base score: 7.5
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)
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
Change History
02 Jul 2026: Initial Publication
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Document Location
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Document Information
Modified date:
02 July 2026
Initial Publish date:
02 July 2026
UID
ibm17278934