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CVE-2026-8481

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Description

IBM Langflow OSS 1.0.0 through 1.10.0 contain a critical remote code execution vulnerability in the code validation API endpoint. The POST /api/v1/validate/code endpoint accepts user-supplied Python code and executes it directly using Python's built-in exec() function without sandboxing, input validation, or privilege restrictions, enabling any authenticated user to execute arbitrary system commands with the full privileges of the Langflow server process.

Severity
CRITICAL
CVSS score
9.9 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Analyzed
Source identifier
Published
2026-07-17 20:17:30.747000
Last modified
2026-10-24 20:10:00.137000
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