Vulnerability · Published Aug 27, 2026 · Assigned by CIRCL
CVE-2026-81659Flowintel Note PDF Export Allows Arbitrary Local File Read via Pandoc/XeLaTeX Processing
High 7.1
In plain English
A high-severity path traversal in flowintel from flowintel. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 40% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS 4.0)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 60.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
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.
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-22 · Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N