Langflow is a tool for building and deploying AI-powered agents and workflows. Prior to version 1.5.1, the `_read_flow` helper in `src/backend/base/langflow/api/v1/flows.py` branched on the `AUTO_LOGIN` setting to decide whether to filter by `user_id`. When `AUTO_LOGIN` was `False` (i.e., authentication was enabled), neither branch enforced an ownership check — the query returned any flow matching the given UUID regardless of who owned it. This allowed any authenticated user to read any other user's flow, including embedded plaintext API keys; modify the logic of another user's AI agents, and/or delete flows belonging to other users. The vulnerability was introduced by the conditional logic that was meant to accommodate public/example flows (those with `user_id = NULL`) under auto-login mode, but inadvertently left the authenticated path without an ownership filter. The fix in version 1.5.1 removes the `AUTO_LOGIN` conditional entirely and unconditionally scopes the query to the requesting user.
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 2
- https://github.com/langflow-ai/langflow/pull/8956 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/langflow-ai/langflow/security/advisories/GHSA-8c4j-f57c-35cf Patch, Vendor Advisory
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Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 8.7 · langflowNVD modified 2026-10-26 22:10
Affected (CPE criteria) 4
cpe:2.3:a:langflow:langflow:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:langflow:langflow:1.5.0:dev0:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:langflow:langflow:1.5.0:dev1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:langflow:langflow-base:*:*:*:*:*:python:*:*
References 2
- https://github.com/langflow-ai/langflow/pull/8956 Issue Tracking, Patch
- https://github.com/langflow-ai/langflow/security/advisories/GHSA-8c4j-f57c-35cf Patch, Vendor Advisory