{"data":{"id":"ff793ee4-2481-47b5-883b-dbe9b22e5399","title":"New ENCFORGE Ransomware Targets AI Model Files in Langflow RCE Attack","summary":"Researchers discovered ENCFORGE, a new ransomware (malware that encrypts files and demands payment) written in Go, being deployed by JADEPUFFER attackers through a vulnerability in Langflow versions before 1.3.0. The attackers exploit CVE-2025-3248 (a flaw in the /api/v1/validate/code endpoint that allows unauthenticated code execution with a CVSS score of 9.8) to run malicious code that specifically targets AI infrastructure files like model weights, vector databases, and training datasets across the infected system.","solution":"Upgrade Langflow to version 1.3.0 or later to patch CVE-2025-3248.","labels":["security"],"sourceUrl":"https://thehackernews.com/2026/07/new-encforge-ransomware-targets-ai.html","publishedAt":"2026-07-21T07:34:32.000Z","cveId":null,"cweIds":null,"cvssScore":null,"cvssSeverity":null,"severity":"critical","attackType":["supply_chain"],"issueType":"news","affectedPackages":null,"affectedVendors":["LangChain"],"affectedVendorsRaw":["Langflow","LangChain","PyTorch","TensorFlow","Hugging Face","ONNX","FAISS","Alibaba Nacos"],"classifierModel":"claude-haiku-4-5-20251001","classifierPromptVersion":"v3","cvssVector":null,"attackVector":null,"attackComplexity":null,"privilegesRequired":null,"userInteraction":null,"exploitMaturity":null,"epssScore":null,"patchAvailable":null,"disclosureDate":"2026-07-21T07:34:32.000Z","capecIds":null,"crossRefCount":0,"attackSophistication":"advanced","impactType":["confidentiality","integrity","availability"],"aiComponentTargeted":"training_data","llmSpecific":false,"classifierConfidence":0.95,"researchCategory":null,"atlasIds":null}}