CVE-2026-8481 PUBLISHED

Remote Code Execution via Code Validation Endpoint

Assigner: ibm
Reserved: 13.05.2026 Published: 17.07.2026 Updated: 17.07.2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS Score: 9.9

Product Status

Vendor IBM
Product Langflow OSS
Versions
  • affected from 1.0.0 to 1.10.0 (incl.)

Solutions

IBM strongly recommends addressing the vulnerability now by upgrading Langflow OSS to version 1.10.1 https://pypi.org/project/langflow/

Credits

  • Kim SooHyun (im-soohyun) finder

References

Problem Types

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') CWE