{"id":70152,"date":"2025-09-02T23:32:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T23:32:04","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-10-10T11:38:52","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T17:38:52","slug":"cve-2025-57760-langflow-privilege-escalation-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-57760-langflow-privilege-escalation-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>CVE-2025-57760: Langflow Privilege Escalation Vulnerability<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This blog post provides a detailed analysis of the CVE-2025-57760 vulnerability discovered in the Langflow tool, a tool widely used for building and deploying AI-powered agents and workflows. The vulnerability allows an authenticated user with remote code execution (RCE) access to escalate their privilege, ultimately gaining superuser access. This threat is particularly alarming as it makes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-8939-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-tenda-ac20-leading-to-potential-system-compromise\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78306\">potential system<\/a> compromise or data leakage feasible, posing a significant risk to affected users and systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vulnerability Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CVE ID: CVE-2025-57760<br \/>\nSeverity: High (8.8 CVSS v3)<br \/>\nAttack Vector: Network<br \/>\nPrivileges Required: Low (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5821-critical-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-case-theme-user-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"83363\">Authenticated User<\/a>)<br \/>\nUser Interaction: Required<br \/>\nImpact: System compromise; data leakage<\/p>\n<p><strong>Affected Products<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-2243513016\" class=\"ameeb-content-2 ameeb-entity-placement\"><div style=\"border-left: 4px solid #555; padding-left: 20px; margin: 48px 0; font-family: Roboto, sans-serif; color: #ffffff; line-height: 1.6; max-width: 720px;\">\r\n  <h2 style=\"margin-top: 0; font-size: 22px; font-weight: 600; display: flex; align-items: center; letter-spacing: -0.02em;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"display: inline-flex; align-items: center; margin-right: 10px;\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Best-App-icon-Ameeba.png\" alt=\"Ameeba Chat Icon\" style=\"width: 42px; height: 42px;\" \/>\r\n    <\/a>\r\n    Share secrets securely\r\n  <\/h2>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 14px; color: #d1d5db;\">\r\n    Ameeba is private infrastructure for communication and sensitive work built on encrypted identity instead of exposed corporate identity systems.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"margin-bottom: 18px; color: #a1a1aa;\">\r\n    Passwords, credentials, confidential files, screenshots, internal discussions, sensitive AI context, and private coordination should not become exposed across ordinary communication platforms.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <ul style=\"list-style: none; padding-left: 0; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #e4e4e7;\">\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Encrypted identity<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Private Spaces for organizations and teams<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 End-to-end encrypted chat, calls, files, and notes<\/li>\r\n    <li style=\"margin-bottom: 8px;\">\u2022 Sensitive AI work and protected collaboration<\/li>\r\n    <li>\u2022 Built for information that cannot leak<\/li>\r\n  <\/ul>\r\n\r\n  <p style=\"font-style: italic; font-weight: 600; margin-bottom: 24px; color: #ffffff;\">\r\n    Our mission is to secure human work alongside AI.\r\n  <\/p>\r\n\r\n  <div style=\"display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; gap: 12px;\">\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\/download\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Download Ameeba\r\n    <\/a>\r\n\r\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/chat\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ffffff; color: #ffffff; padding: 10px 20px; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 8px; font-weight: 500;\">\r\n      Learn More\r\n    <\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>Product | Affected Versions<\/p>\n<p>Langflow | All versions up to the latest release<\/p>\n<p><strong>How the Exploit Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The exploit takes advantage of a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48799-privilege-escalation-vulnerability-in-windows-update-service\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"77827\">privilege escalation vulnerability<\/a> in Langflow. An <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5060-authentication-bypass-vulnerability-in-bravis-user-plugin-for-wordpress\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85268\">authenticated user<\/a> with RCE access can invoke the internal CLI command `langflow superuser` to create a new administrative user. This enables them to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-48860-exploiting-backup-archives-to-gain-remote-access-in-ctrlx-os\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"81431\">gain full superuser access<\/a>, even if they initially registered through the UI as a regular (non-admin) account.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conceptual Example Code<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"ameeb-3120047028\" class=\"ameeb-content ameeb-entity-placement\"><div class=\"poptin-embedded\" data-id=\"f6b387694f681\"><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/div>\n<p>This is a conceptual example <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49527-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-illustrator-leading-to-arbitrary-code-execution\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78174\">illustrating how an attacker might exploit this vulnerability<\/a> using a shell command after gaining RCE access:<\/p>\n<pre><code class=\"\" data-line=\"\">$ langflow superuser --username NewAdmin --password SecurePassword<\/code><\/pre>\n<p>With this command, an attacker creates a new user with superuser permissions, enabling them to have full control over the system, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-49759-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-sql-server-potentially-enabling-privilege-escalation-and-data-leakage\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"79164\">potentially compromising it or leaking sensitive data<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Impact<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-30403-heap-buffer-overflow-vulnerability-in-mvfst-impacts-quic-sessions\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"82347\">impact of this vulnerability<\/a> is significant. An attacker exploiting this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-43592-a-critical-access-of-uninitialized-pointer-vulnerability-in-indesign-desktop\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78225\">vulnerability can gain full superuser access<\/a>, potentially compromising the system or leaking sensitive data. Given the high CVSS score of 8.8, it&#8217;s clear that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-54952-severe-integer-overflow-vulnerability-in-executorch-models\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"78413\">severity of this vulnerability<\/a> is high and can cause considerable damage to affected systems and data.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Recommended Mitigation Strategies<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As of now, the vendor has not released a patched version. Until a fix is available, users are advised to implement a Web Application Firewall (WAF) or an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) as temporary mitigation measures. These systems can detect and block suspicious activities, providing a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-5038-memory-corruption-vulnerability-in-certain-autodesk-products\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"89604\">certain level of protection against the exploitation of this vulnerability<\/a>.<br \/>\nStay tuned for updates regarding the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/cve-2025-35115-critical-system-package-download-vulnerability-in-agiloft-release-28\/\"  data-wpil-monitor-id=\"85347\">release of a security patch and always ensure your systems<\/a> are up-to-date with the latest security updates and patches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview This blog post provides a detailed analysis of the CVE-2025-57760 vulnerability discovered in the Langflow tool, a tool widely used for building and deploying AI-powered agents and workflows. The vulnerability allows an authenticated user with remote code execution (RCE) access to escalate their privilege, ultimately gaining superuser access. This threat is particularly alarming as [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"vendor":[],"product":[],"attack_vector":[76,80],"asset_type":[],"severity":[],"exploit_status":[],"class_list":["post-70152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","attack_vector-privilege-escalation","attack_vector-rce"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70152"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82453,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70152\/revisions\/82453"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70152"},{"taxonomy":"vendor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vendor?post=70152"},{"taxonomy":"product","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product?post=70152"},{"taxonomy":"attack_vector","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/attack_vector?post=70152"},{"taxonomy":"asset_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/asset_type?post=70152"},{"taxonomy":"severity","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/severity?post=70152"},{"taxonomy":"exploit_status","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ameeba.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/exploit_status?post=70152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}