CVE-2026-109442

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Description

piflow 2.0.0 through 2.0.1 contains a remote code execution vulnerability in its DeepAgents chat agent, whose POST /chat and POST /chat/stream endpoints lack authentication. Attackers can instruct the agent to call the exec_shell tool, which runs arbitrary commands via subprocess.run without human approval or an allow-list, exposing environment secrets such as LLM API keys and database credentials.

Severity

CRITICAL

CVSS score

9.3 (v4.0)

Vulnerability status

Deferred

Source identifier

[email protected]

Published

2026-10-20 01:17:10.383000

Last modified

2026-10-20 20:11:29.833000

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  "published": "2026-10-20T01:17:10.383",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-20T20:11:29.833",
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