CVE-2024-36420 GHSL-2023-232: Flowise Path Injection at /api/v1/openai-assistants-file
Attackers can read arbitrary files from the server via the openai-assistants-file endpoint due to unsanitized input in Flowise.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-36420?
CVE-2024-36420 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Flowiseai Flowise, published on 1 Jul 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Flowise is a drag & drop user interface to build a customized large language model flow. In version 1.4.3 of Flowise, the `/api/v1/openai-assistants-file` endpoint in `index.ts` is vulnerable to arbitrary file read due to lack of sanitization of the `fileName` body parameter. No known patches for this issue are available.
Weakness: CWE-74
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-36420?
2 open source packages ship an affected version, including flowise. It affects 1 product.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
flowise npm | All versions to 1.4.3 | None |
flowise npm | All versions to 1.4.3 | None |
Products include Flowiseai Flowise.
How do I fix CVE-2024-36420?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-36420 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2024-36420 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-36420 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.
Other vulnerabilities in Flowiseai Flowise
- CVE-2025-71338 Flowise through 2.2.7 - Arbitrary File Write to Remote Code Execution via document-store API
- CVE-2026-40933 Flowise: Authenticated RCE Via MCP Adapters
- CVE-2025-61913 Flowise is vulnerable to arbitrary file read, arbitrary file write
- CVE-2025-59528 Flowise has Remote Code Execution vulnerability
- CVE-2026-52098 Code injection in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-h997-3fxj-p5j8.