# CVE-2026-5027: Langflow - Path Traversal Arbitrary File Write via upload\_user\_file

- Severity: CVSS 8.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 8 GitHub repos listed by PoC-in-GitHub, 1 Nuclei template
- Published: 2026-03-27 · Updated: 2026-03-27

## Affected

- langflow-ai langflow: 0

## Description

The 'POST /api/v2/files' endpoint does not sanitize the 'filename' parameter from the multipart form data, allowing an attacker to write files to arbitrary locations on the filesystem using path traversal sequences ('../').

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on langflow-ai langflow, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://www.tenable.com/security/research/tra-2026-26
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/52659
- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2026/CVE-2026-5027.yaml
- https://github.com/0xBlackash/CVE-2026-5027
- https://github.com/EQSTLab/CVE-2026-5027
- https://github.com/HORKimhab/CVE-2026-5027
- https://github.com/Layer-6/CVE-2026-5027-Langflow
- https://github.com/min8282/CVE-2026-5027
- https://github.com/rmhowe425/POC-CVE-2026-5027
- https://github.com/yahiahamza/CVE-2026-5027
- https://github.com/yym8538/CVE-2026-5027

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