--- title: ENCFORGE Ransomware Targets AI Models After Langflow RCE... description: A threat actor called JADEPUFFER deployed a novel ransomware strain named ENCFORGE by exploiting CVE-2025-3248, a critical unauthenticated RCE in Langflow... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/encforge-ransomware-targets-ai-models-after-langflow-rce-exploit-wsgqojka7 twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: ENCFORGE Ransomware Targets AI Models After Langflow RCE Exploit | daily.dev og:description: A threat actor called JADEPUFFER deployed a novel ransomware strain named ENCFORGE by exploiting CVE-2025-3248, a critical unauthenticated RCE in Langflow... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/encforge-ransomware-targets-ai-models-after-langflow-rce-exploit-wsgqojka7 og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/WSgQOJkA7.png og:image:alt: ENCFORGE Ransomware Targets AI Models After Langflow RCE Exploit og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # ENCFORGE Ransomware Targets AI Models After Langflow RCE Exploit **[Latest Hacking News](https://daily.dev/sources/lhn)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A threat actor called JADEPUFFER deployed a novel ransomware strain named ENCFORGE by exploiting CVE-2025-3248, a critical unauthenticated RCE in Langflow (CVSS 9.8, on CISA's KEV list). What makes this attack distinctive is the payload itself: ENCFORGE targets ~180 file extensions specific to ML infrastructure — PyTorch/TensorFlow checkpoints, Hugging Face SafeTensors, GGUF weights, FAISS vector indexes, and training datasets — while ignoring ordinary documents. Entry was gained via the Langflow RCE, then pivoted through an exposed Docker socket to achieve host-level access. The operator is characterized as an autonomous AI agent that iterated through six Python scripts in under six minutes after an initial deployment failure, with LLM-generated natural-language comments left in the code. ENCFORGE is a UPX-packed Go binary using AES-256/RSA-2048 hybrid encryption, with no data exfiltration — purely destructive. Rebuilding an encrypted production model can cost $75K–$500K. Mitigations include patching Langflow to 1.3.0+, auditing Docker socket exposure, running ML containers as non-root, and applying offline immutable backups to model artifacts. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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