# CVE-2026-70471: Flowise: RBAC Bypass Leading to Unauthorized Workspace Variables Disclosure

- Also known as: GHSA-8R8H-6VCC-XHRV
- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- 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

## Description

Flowise is a drag-and-drop user interface for building customized large language model (LLM) flows. Prior to 3.1.3, Flowise injects $vars into the code execution sandbox without requiring variables:view, bypassing the permission-protected Variables API. Variables for the active workspace are fetched at packages/components/src/utils.ts and runtime variables are resolved from server environment variables, while the official variables route enforces variables:view. A user or API key that is denied variables:view can call /api/v1/node-custom-function and receive $vars pre-populated with all variables for the workspace, including Variable.name to Variable.value static variables and Variable.name to process.env[Variable.name] runtime variables. This can expose secrets such as database passwords, JWT secrets, SMTP passwords, and cloud keys, depending on the workspace Variables configuration. This issue is fixed in version 3.1.3.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on FlowiseAI Flowise, flowise, upgrade to a fixed version (3.1.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise/security/advisories/GHSA-8r8h-6vcc-xhrv
- https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise/releases/tag/flowise@3.1.3

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