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CVE-2026-81659 (GCVE-0-2026-81659)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-08-27 10:07 – Updated: 2026-08-27 15:56
VLAI
Title
Flowintel Note PDF Export Allows Arbitrary Local File Read via Pandoc/XeLaTeX Processing
Summary
Affected versions of Flowintel allow attacker-controlled note content to be processed by Pandoc and XeLaTeX during PDF export in a way that can cause local files on the Flowintel server to be read and incorporated into the generated export.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-08-27 15:55 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
flowintel flowintel Affected: 0 , ≤ 3.3.0 (semver)
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Credits
Jeroen Pinoy David Cruciani
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