Superuser takeover via enforced default credentials
Published Jul 17, 2026 · Updated Jul 17, 2026
Hard-coded credentials in IBM Langflow OSS 1.0.0 through 1.10.1 allow remote attackers to authenticate as a superuser via its login endpoint. At startup, the authentication setup enforces built-in default superuser credentials even when replacement values are supplied through environment variables. Any network-reachable login endpoint accepts the known credentials, granting administrative access without prior authentication.
Summary
What happened
Hard-coded credentials in IBM Langflow OSS 1.0.0 through 1.10.1 allow remote attackers to authenticate as a superuser via its login endpoint. At startup, the authentication setup enforces built-in default superuser credentials even when replacement values are supplied through environment variables. Any network-reachable login endpoint accepts the known credentials, granting administrative access without prior authentication.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-13446
- Published
- Jul 17, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 17, 2026
- Vendor
- IBM
- Product
- Langflow OSS
- Classifications
- CWE-798, T1078.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 17, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jul 17, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.0.0 <=1.10.1
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- AUTO_LOGIN default-credential proof of conceptproof of concept · unverified
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