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incidents/AIR-2026-1206

CVE-2026-7872: IBM Langflow Arbitrary File Read and Token Forgery

Attack on AI2 Disclosed vulnerabilityInfrastructure vulnerability

An arbitrary file read vulnerability in IBM Langflow allows authenticated attackers to read sensitive files including JWT signing keys. Attackers can leverage this to forge authentication tokens for arbitrary users.

disclosed CVENo confirmed exploitation, so this record is tracked as a disclosed vulnerability and not counted as an incident. It moves into the counts if CISA or the vendor confirms exploitation. Why

Details

type
Attack on AI
An AI model, agent or AI-powered product was the thing exploited, abused or leaked.
categories
  • Infrastructure vulnerability
    CVEs and advisories in AI frameworks, inference servers, MCP servers, AI developer tools and hosting stacks.
owasp llm top 10
mitre atlas
no technique for these categories
Both rows are derived from the type and categories (OWASP 2025 edition, ATLAS release 2026.09), not classified per record. How
severity
2 · Disclosed vulnerability
CVE or vendor advisory, patched or patchable, no confirmed exploitation.
targets
Framework / tooling
products
Langflow
incident date
17 Jul 2026
first reported
17 Jul 2026
origin
NVD
Vulnerability record from NVD / the GitHub Advisory Database. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
classifier confidence
0.95 · published at or above 0.80; see the methodology
tags
CVE-2026-7872 · file_read · authentication_bypass
record
created 2026-10-18 10:04Z · updated 2026-10-18 10:04Z · json

Sources · 1

  1. 2026-07-17
    CVE-2026-7872: IBM Langflow OSS 1.0.0 through 1.10.0 allows an authenticated attacker to read arbitrary files including the JWT signing key and…
    NVD · nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-7872

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