infiniflow RAGFlow up to 0.24.0 rag/prompts/generator.py special elements used in a template engine

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in infiniflow RAGFlow up to 0.24.0. Impacted is an unknown function of the file rag/prompts/generator.py. This manipulation causes improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-45312. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in infiniflow RAGFlow up to 0.24.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the file rag/prompts/generator.py. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper neutralization of special elements used in a template engine vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-1336. The product uses a template engine to insert or process externally-influenced input, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements or syntax that can be interpreted as template expressions or other code directives when processed by the engine. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

RAGFlow is an open-source RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) engine. In 0.24.0 and earlier, a Jinja2 template injection in the prompt generator (rag/prompts/generator.py) allows any authenticated user to execute arbitrary OS commands on the server. Any normal user can register, create a Canvas workflow with a DuckDuckGo + LLM component chain, and trigger the SSTI.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-45312 since 05/11/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/29/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1221 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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Vendor

• infiniflow

Name

• RAGFlow

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16
• 0.17
• 0.18
• 0.19
• 0.20
• 0.21
• 0.22
• 0.23
• 0.24.0

Website

• Product: https://github.com/infiniflow/ragflow/

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