Flowintel Note PDF Export Allows Arbitrary Local File Read via Pandoc/XeLaTeX Processing

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Summary

CVECVE-2026-81659
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerCIRCL
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2026-08-27 13:18:42 UTC
Updated2026-08-27 13:18:42 UTC
DescriptionAffected 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v4.0 7.1 HIGH from 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Problem Types: CWE-22 | CWE-22 CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
4.05a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8Secondary7.1HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/C...
4.0CNACVSS7.1HIGHCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

CVSS v4.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Sub Conf.
None
Sub Integrity
None
Sub Availability
None

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/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:X/AU:X/R:X/V:X/RE:X/U:X

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Flowintel Flowintel affected 3.3.0 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
github.com/flowintel/flowintel/commit/2ba9700a5473223639575050bda607f498... 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8 github.com
github.com/flowintel/flowintel/commit/16f618fa36a72c4c5ca3ff0abf7dd67455... 5a6e4751-2f3f-4070-9419-94fb35b644e8 github.com
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Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Jeroen Pinoy (en)

CNA: David Cruciani (en)

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