Flowintel Configuration Key conf/config_module.py importlib.reload key code injection

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A vulnerability has been found in Flowintel and classified as critical. This issue affects the function importlib.reload of the file conf/config_module.py of the component Configuration Key Handler. Performing a manipulation of the argument key results in code injection. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-81662. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Flowintel (the affected version unknown). This affects the function importlib.reload of the file conf/config_module.py of the component Configuration Key Handler. The manipulation of the argument key with an unknown input leads to a code injection vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-94. The product constructs all or part of a code segment using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the syntax or behavior of the intended code segment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Affected versions of Flowintel improperly trust configuration keys supplied to the alerts settings update endpoint. While configuration values were normalized to Python literals, the corresponding keys were used directly when constructing and replacing lines in conf/config_module.py. The vulnerable code used requester-controlled keys in both the regular expression and the generated assignment: f'{key} = {py_val}' and appended an assignment if the key was not already present. The modified Python configuration module was subsequently reloaded using importlib.reload(). This creates a code-generation boundary in which specially crafted configuration keys can alter the Python source structure and result in execution of attacker-controlled Python statements. Version impacted >=3.3.0

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-81662 since 08/27/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack 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 08/27/2026). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1059 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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• Flowintel

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• Product: https://github.com/flowintel/flowintel/

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