Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting lfx package, versions [,0.3.0rc3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
37.78% (98th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-LFX-15357988
  • published26 Feb 2026
  • disclosed26 Feb 2026
  • creditweblover12

Introduced: 26 Feb 2026

CVE-2026-27966  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade lfx to version 0.3.0rc3 or higher.

Overview

lfx is a lfx is a command-line tool for running Langflow workflows. It provides two main commands: serve and run.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection via the allow_dangerous_code=True which automatically exposes LangChain’s Python REPL tool (python_repl_ast). An attacker can execute arbitrary Python and operating system commands by leveraging prompt injection.

References

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1