GHSA-3hjv-c53m-58jj: Flowise: CSV Agent Prompt Injection Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
AbstractTrend Micro's Zero Day Initiative has identified a vulnerability affecting FlowiseAI Flowise.Vulnerability Details**Version tested:** 3.0.13**Installer file:** https://github.com/FlowiseAI/Flowise**Platform tested:** Ubuntu 25.10AnalysisThis vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of FlowiseAI Flowise. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.The specific flaw exists within the `run` method of the `CSV_Agents` class. The issue results from the lack of proper sandboxing when evaluating an LLM-generated Python script. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the user running the server.Product InformationFlowiseAI Flowise version 3.0.13 — https://github.com/FlowiseAI/FlowiseSetup InstructionsRoot Cause AnalysisFlowiseAI Flowise is an open source low-code tool for developers to build customized large language model (LLM) applications and AI agents. It supports integration with various LLMs, data sources, and tools in order to facilitate rapid development and deployment of AI solutions. Flowise offers a web interface with a drag-and-drop editor, as well as an API, through an Express web server accessible over HTTP on port 3000/TCP.One such feature of Flowise is the ability to create chatflows. Chatflows use a drag-and-drop editor that allows a developer to place nodes which control how an interaction with an LLM will occur. One such node is the CSV Agent node that represents an Agent used to answer queries on a provided CSV file.When a user makes a query against a chatflow using the CSV Agent node, the `run` method of the `CSV_Agents` class is called. This method first reads the contents of the CSV file passed to the node and converts it to a base64 string. It then sets up a pyodide environment and creates a Python script to be executed in this environment. This Python script uses pandas to extract the column names and their types from the provided CSV file. The method then creates a system prompt for an LLM using this data as follows:Where `{dict}` is the extracted column names and `{question}` is the initial prompt provided by the user.This system prompt is sent to an LLM in order for it to generate a Python script based on the user's prompt, and the LLM-generated response is stored in a variable named `pythonCode`. The method then evaluates the `pythonCode` variable in a pyodide environment.While the LLM-generated Python script is evaluated in a non-sandboxed environment, there is a list of forbidden patterns that are checked before the script is executed on the server. The function `validatePythonCodeForDataFrame()` enumerates through a list named `FORBIDDEN_PATTERNS`, which contains pairs of regex patterns and reasons. Each regex pattern is run against the Python script, and if the pattern is found in the script, the script is invalidated and is not run, responding to the request with a reason for rejection.The input validation can be bypassed, which can still lead to running arbitrary OS commands on the server. An example of this is the pattern `/\bimport\s+(?!pandas|numpy\b)/g`, which intends to search for lines of code that import a module other than pandas or numpy. This can be bypassed by importing along with pandas or numpy. For example, consider the following lines of code:Here, pandas is imported, but so is the `os` module, with `pandas` as its alias. OS commands can then be invoked with `pandas.system()`.Using prompt injection techniques, an unauthenticated attacker with the ability to send prompts to a chatflow using the CSV Agent node may convince an LLM to respond with a malicious Python script that executes attacker-controlled commands on the Flowise server.It is also possible for an authenticated attacker to exploit this vulnerability by specifying an attacker-controlled server in a chatflow. This server would respond to prompts with an attacker-controlled Python script instead of an LLM-generated response, which would then be evaluated on the server.Relevant Source Code`packages/components/nodes/agents/CSVAgent/core.ts`
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