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CVE-2026-42156

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Description

Flowsint is an open-source OSINT graph exploration tool designed for cybersecurity investigation, transparency, and verification. Prior to 1.2.3, a remote attacker can create a node with a malicious type that can escape an existing Cypher query and an adversary can execute an arbitrary Cypher query. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.3.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.1 (v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
Published
2026-05-12 23:16:17.203000
Last modified
2026-10-26 18:10:00.173000
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  "id": "CVE-2026-42156",
  "sourceIdentifier": "[email protected]",
  "published": "2026-05-12T23:16:17.203",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-26T18:10:00.173",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
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      "value": "Flowsint is an open-source OSINT graph exploration tool designed for cybersecurity investigation, transparency, and verification. Prior to 1.2.3, a remote attacker can create a node with a malicious type that can escape an existing Cypher query and an adversary can execute an arbitrary Cypher query. This vulnerability is fixed in 1.2.3."
    },
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      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Flowsint es una herramienta de exploración de grafos OSINT de código abierto diseñada para la investigación de ciberseguridad, la transparencia y la verificación. Antes de 1.2.3, un atacante remoto puede crear un nodo con un tipo malicioso que puede escapar de una consulta Cypher existente y un adversario puede ejecutar una consulta Cypher arbitraria. Esta vulnerabilidad se corrige en 1.2.3."
    }
  ],
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          "modifiedSubIntegrityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "modifiedSubAvailabilityImpact": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Safety": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Automatable": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "Recovery": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "valueDensity": "NOT_DEFINED",
          "vulnerabilityResponseEffort": "NOT_DEFINED",
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  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/reconurge/flowsint/security/advisories/GHSA-h5m2-c2c5-968p",
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