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NVD CRITICAL: CVE-2026-40035 — Unfurl through 2025.08 contains an improper input validation vulnerability in co...

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Executive Summary

Unfurl through 2025.08 contains an improper input validation vulnerability in config parsing that enables Flask debug mode by default. The debug configuration value is read as a string and passed directly to app.run(), causing any non-empty string to evaluate truthy, allowing attackers to access the Werkzeug debugger and disclose sensitive information or achieve remote code execution.

Analysis

Unfurl through 2025.08 contains an improper input validation vulnerability in config parsing that enables Flask debug mode by default. The debug configuration value is read as a string and passed directly to app.run(), causing any non-empty string to evaluate truthy, allowing attackers to access the Werkzeug debugger and disclose sensitive information or achieve remote code execution. CVSS Score: 9.1. Published: 2026-04-08T22:16:24.010.

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CVE (1)
CVE-2026-40035
NVDMITRE CVE
Source Attribution

Originally published by NIST NVD on Apr 8, 2026. Verified by: NIST.

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