CVE-2026-55446: Langflow unauthenticated denial of service in file upload

CVE-2026-55446 · Severity: high · CVSS 7.5 · Published 2026-06-23

Langflow, a tool for building AI workflows, is vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack that can take the entire application offline. An attacker can send a specially crafted file upload request that forces the server to consume excessive resources, making it unresponsive to all users. This attack does not require a password or any special access, potentially leading to indefinite service outages.

Technologies: langflow (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2026-55446 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2026-55446 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2026-55446?
High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.5, published 23 June 2026.
Which products and versions are affected?
langflow (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=1.0.19.
Is there a fix for CVE-2026-55446?
Yes. langflow (PyPI): upgrade to 1.0.19 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
How is CVE-2026-55446 attacked?
It is attacked over the network, in a network appliance.
Am I affected by CVE-2026-55446?
Check whether you run langflow (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • langflow (PyPI): upgrade to 1.0.19 or later
    pip install "langflow>=1.0.19"

Technical details

A vulnerability in Langflow's file upload endpoint (/api/v1/files/upload/) allows for unauthenticated denial-of-service via uncontrolled resource consumption (CWE-400). The application fails to validate the multipart form boundary before processing, allowing an attacker to submit a payload containing an extremely large number of hyphens (e.g., 1,000,000+) following the boundary. This causes the server to enter a 'busy' state indefinitely while attempting to parse the malformed data. Additionally, the endpoint lacked authentication checks, allowing remote, unauthenticated attackers to trigger the flaw. Version 1.0.19 fixes this by implementing a 'check_boundary' middleware to validate boundary length and format, and by enforcing authentication and flow-ownership checks.

Affected products

  • langflow-ai Langflow < 1.0.19

Identifiers

  • CVE-2026-55446
  • GHSA-qwqc-p3q8-wcg9
  • PYSEC-2026-223

Timeline

  • 2024-09-30: patched: Fix merged in pull request #3923
  • 2026-06-19: advisory: GitHub Security Advisory published
  • 2026-06-23: disclosed: CVE-2026-55446 published to NVD

References

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