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2026-08-06·LANGFLOW·security risk
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CISA added Langflow to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-08-04, citing CVE-2026-9198, a code...

CISA added Langflow to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-08-04, citing CVE-2026-9198, a code injection flaw allowing unauthenticated remote code execution on default deployments.

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Strong evidence: 3 independent source classes support this read.

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signal brief

CISA added Langflow to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2026-08-04, citing CVE-2026-9198, a code injection flaw allowing unauthenticated remote code execution on default deployments. This is an urgent signal: federal agencies must patch by 2026-08-07 under BOD 26-04. The advisory references IBM, the current steward of Langflow, and links to an IBM support page.

The same period saw a wave of OSV advisories for Langflow: PYSEC-2026-1521 through 1525 (July 7) cover ReDoS, SSRF, RCE, missing authentication, and exec()-based RCE; PYSEC-2026-2565 through 2569 (July 13) cover API key leak, path traversal, missing ownership check, cleartext auth storage, and injection. These include previously known CVEs (e.g., CVE-2024-9277, CVE-2025-68477) now aggregated in OSV, indicating broad exposure. Separately, a dev release (langflow 1.12.0.dev18) appeared on PyPI on 2026-08-06, but there is no evidence it patches the KEV-listed CVE.

The signal is negative for Langflow's developer trust and enterprise adoption. A known-exploited RCE in a widely used AI workflow tool will force users to apply urgent mitigations or pause deployments, and the cluster of vulnerabilities raises security due-diligence cost. For AI-infra watchers, this is a concrete data point on the security maturity of the AI application layer.

What the sources said:

  • CISA: "Langflow contains a code injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve full remote code execution on default Langflow deployments." (CISA KEV)
  • CISA required action: "Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 ... guidance." (same source)
  • OSV advisory PYSEC-2026-1525: "Langflow affected by Remote Code Execution via validate_code() exec()" (summarized from OSV)
  • PyPI lists langflow 1.12.0.dev18 with no patch notes; described only as "A Python package with a built-in web application." (PyPI)

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