2026-10-30 17:28CVE-2026-119978VulnCheck
PUBLISHED5.2CWE-749unsupported-when-assigned

Flowise through 3.1.4 Custom Function Sandbox Escape RCE via LocalFileStore

Flowise through 3.1.4 contains a sandbox escape vulnerability that allows authenticated users to execute OS commands by abusing allowlisted langchain and mammoth modules when ALLOW_BUILTIN_DEP=true. Attackers can submit JavaScript to /api/v1/node-custom-function that writes a file into the mammoth package via LocalFileStore and requires it, escaping vm2 as the Flowise process user.

Problem type

Affected products

FlowiseAI

Flowise

<= 3.1.4 - AFFECTED

References

GitHub Security Advisories

GHSA-7pc2-8w3w-pqfg

Flowise through 3.1.4 contains a sandbox escape vulnerability that allows authenticated users to...

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7pc2-8w3w-pqfg

Flowise through 3.1.4 contains a sandbox escape vulnerability that allows authenticated users to execute OS commands by abusing allowlisted langchain and mammoth modules when ALLOW_BUILTIN_DEP=true. Attackers can submit JavaScript to /api/v1/node-custom-function that writes a file into the mammoth package via LocalFileStore and requires it, escaping vm2 as the Flowise process user.

JSON source

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-119978
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