AI Security · Web App Attack

Langflow Faces Two Paths to Host Takeover

VulnCheck says it has seen two threat actors use different exploitation techniques against Langflow, with more than 15,000 successful attempts tied to CVE-2026-0769, CVE-2025-3248, and CVE-2026-5027. The open source AI workflow builder is being targeted through more than one weakness at the same time, not one isolated bug.

One path abuses a validation endpoint to inject code; another abuses file upload handling to write files on the server. In both cases, a normal web request becomes host control, so fixing one CVE does not close the whole compromise path if the service stays exposed.

That matters most for internet-facing AI workflow platforms and other low-code builders: the exposure sits in the host and the app layer together, and attackers can come back through a different flaw even after one patch lands. VulnCheck also says hundreds of Langflow hosts are still online and vulnerable, so the problem here is persistent reachability, not a single missed update.

1 source · Aug 28

CVE-2025-3248

NVD KEV

Known exploited · CISA KEV

CVSS 9.8 CRITICAL: langflow versions prior to 1.3.0 are susceptible to code injection in the /api/v1/validate/code endpoint. EPSS 100% (100th percentile).

CISA federal remediation date May 26 · date passed

CVE-2026-5027

NVD KEV

CVSS 8.8 HIGH: the 'POST /api/v2/files' endpoint does not sanitize the 'filename' parameter from the multipart form data, allowing… EPSS 5% (92nd percentile).

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Part of the PlainSec briefing for 2026-08-28

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