Flowintel up to 3.3.0 PDF Export path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in Flowintel up to 3.3.0. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function of the component PDF Export. This manipulation causes path traversal. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2026-81659. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Flowintel up to 3.3.0. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component PDF Export. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Affected versions of Flowintel allow attacker-controlled note content to be processed by Pandoc and XeLaTeX during PDF export in a way that can cause local files on the Flowintel server to be read and incorporated into the generated export.

It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2026-81659 since 08/27/2026. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. 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 T1006 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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• 3.0
• 3.1
• 3.2
• 3.3.0

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

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