Detect CVE-2026-33017: Langflow Code Injection Vulnerability in Elastic Security
Detects exploitation of CVE-2026-33017, a code injection vulnerability in Langflow that allows unauthenticated or low-privileged attackers to execute arbitrary code via the Langflow API. The vulnerability stems from improper input validation (CWE-94/CWE-95) combined with missing authentication controls (CWE-306), enabling remote code execution against Langflow instances. This CVE is on the CISA KEV list, indicating active exploitation in the wild.
MITRE ATT&CK
Elastic Detection Query
sequence by source.ip with maxspan=5m
[network where destination.port in (7860, 7861, 3000)
and http.request.method in ("POST", "PUT", "PATCH")
and http.request.body.content regex~ ".*(__import__|exec\\(|eval\\(|os\\.system|subprocess|__builtins__|compile\\(|socket\\.).*"]
[any where event.category == "process"
and process.parent.name in ("python", "python3", "uvicorn", "gunicorn")
and process.name in ("sh", "bash", "curl", "wget", "nc", "ncat", "python", "python3")]EQL sequence rule correlating inbound HTTP requests containing Python injection payloads to Langflow ports with subsequent suspicious child process spawning from Python/WSGI server processes, indicating successful code injection via CVE-2026-33017.
Data Sources
Required Tables
False Positives & Tuning
- Python scripts legitimately invoked by Langflow as part of custom component execution in a sandboxed environment
- Monitoring or health-check scripts that spawn child processes from the Langflow server process
- Development environments where developers interactively test flows that invoke system commands
Other platforms for CVE-2026-33017
Testing Methodology
Validate this detection against 4 adversary techniques from Atomic Red Team. Each test below lists the behaviour to exercise and the telemetry you should expect to see. Executable commands and cleanup steps are available with Pro.
- Test 1Langflow API Code Injection via /api/v1/run - OS Command Execution
Expected signal: Web server access log entry showing POST to /api/v1/run with a request body containing 'subprocess' and 'shell=True'. EDR should capture a child process (sh or bash) spawned by the Langflow Python/uvicorn process.
- Test 2Langflow Unauthenticated API Access Check - Missing Auth Bypass (CWE-306)
Expected signal: Web server access log showing a GET request to /api/v1/flows from an external IP with a 200 OK response and no Authorization header present.
- Test 3Langflow Code Injection via eval() - Python Builtin Abuse
Expected signal: HTTP POST request to /api/v1/process containing '__import__' and 'os.system' in the request body. File creation event for /tmp/pwned_cve_2026_33017.txt on the Langflow host. EDR should capture os.system call from the Python process.
- Test 4Langflow Reverse Shell Payload Simulation
Expected signal: Outbound TCP connection from the Langflow host to the attacker IP on port 4444. EDR process event showing /bin/sh spawned by uvicorn/gunicorn with stdin/stdout redirected to a socket. Network flow record of the connection in firewall or NDR logs.
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