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Flowise: Authenticated remote code execution

A critical vulnerability in Flowise allows an authenticated remote attacker to bypass security controls and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application service.

Triage facts

Revision 1
Applicability
Flowise
Evidence
Unknown
Severity
Critical
Action
Elevated
Sources
1 public source
Freshness
Revision 1Nov 2, 21:33 UTC
Source quality
A1Likely

A critical vulnerability has been identified in Flowise that enables an authenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the context of the service. The vulnerability stems from an insecure implementation that permits the bypass of existing security controls. As of this report, the vulnerability remains unpatched.

Impact

An attacker successfully exploiting this vulnerability gains the ability to execute arbitrary code with the same privileges as the underlying Flowise service, potentially leading to full application compromise, data exfiltration, or further lateral movement within the environment.

Recommendation

  • Inventory all internet-facing or internal instances of Flowise within the infrastructure.
  • Implement strict network segmentation to limit access to the Flowise management interface to trusted administrative subnets only.
  • Monitor logs for unusual authentication activity followed by service-level process execution.
  • Follow the vendor communication channels and prioritize the application of security updates once a patch is released.

Immediate actions

Restrict network access to Flowise management interface

IT Operations 24h

Threat Hunt

Identify authenticated sessions followed by abnormal child process creation from the Flowise service account

T1059 high medium confidence hunt now

Data: Process creation logs (Event ID 1), Application access logs

Mitigations

Isolate Flowise instances until vendor security patches are available

immediate IT Operations

Flowise unpatched vulnerability