Flowise before 3.1.0 contains a path traversal vulnerability in Faiss and SimpleStore vector store implementations that accept unsanitized basePath parameters from authenticated users. Attackers with valid API tokens can write vector store data to arbitrary filesystem locations, potentially enabling code execution or data exfiltration.
CVE-2026-56273
Score 6.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2026-07-08. a secondary CVSS source baseline 6.5; sources differ by 0.0.
- Lower severity and no public exploit yet
No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.
- CVSS v3
- 6.5
- EG Score
- 6.5(high)
- EPSS
- 24.9%
- KEV
- Not listed
Published
July 8, 2026
Last Modified
July 9, 2026
Advisory Details (2)
Auto-updated Jul 8, 2026Flowise - Path Traversal in Vector Store basePath Parameter | Advisories | VulnCheck
https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/flowise-path-traversal-in-vector-store-basepath-parameterPath Traversal in Vector Store basePath · Advisory · FlowiseAI/Flowise · GitHub
https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise/security/advisories/GHSA-w6v6-49gh-mc9wVendor Advisories for CVE-2026-56273(1)
These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.
Affected Packages
(2 across 1 ecosystem)
npm(2)
| Package | Vulnerable range | Fixed in | Dependents |
|---|---|---|---|
| flowise | — | 3.1.0 | — |
| flowise-components | — | 3.1.0 | — |
Weakness Classification(1)
MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.
Data Freshness Timeline
(refreshed 12× in last 7d / 12× in last 30d)
Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.
- 2026-07-11 19:11 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-11 19:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-10 17:31 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-10 17:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-09 19:10 UTCEPSS rescore
- 2026-07-09 15:49 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-09 15:49 UTCGHSA enrichment
- 2026-07-08 14:07 UTCEG score recompute
- 2026-07-08 14:05 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked
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