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CVE-2026-33722
n8n is an open source workflow automation platform. Prior to versions 2.6.4 and 1.123.23, an authenticated user without permission to list external secrets could reference a secret by the external name in a credential and retrieve its plaintext value when saving the credential. This bypassed the `externalSecret:list` permission check and allowed access to secrets stored in connected vaults without admin or owner privileges. This issue requires the instance to have an external secrets vault confi
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0
Affected products and versions
1 source assertion{"product":"n8n","vendor":"n8n-io","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"< 1.123.23"},{"status":"affected","version":">= 2.0.0-rc.0, < 2.6.4"}]}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5affectedurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3bfd99b19f6ed15d25cb26b52b4cc19c254a649df3418302ed885917cc13edb9 · sha256:e7d7f9837660fbfc… · /containers/cna/affected/0
Provider-owned CVSS observations
1 source assertion{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"PRESENT","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":7.3,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"HIGH","subConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","subIntegrityImpact":"HIGH","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:H/SI:H/SA:H","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"HIGH","vulnIntegrityImpact":"NONE"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cvssurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3bfd99b19f6ed15d25cb26b52b4cc19c254a649df3418302ed885917cc13edb9 · sha256:e7d7f9837660fbfc… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0
CWE assertions
1 source assertion{"cweId":"CWE-863","description":"CWE-863: Incorrect Authorization","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5cweurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3bfd99b19f6ed15d25cb26b52b4cc19c254a649df3418302ed885917cc13edb9 · sha256:e7d7f9837660fbfc… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0
Source references
1 source assertion{"name":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p","tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-fxcw-h3qj-8m8p"}
- cve_program_cvelist_v5referenceurn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:3bfd99b19f6ed15d25cb26b52b4cc19c254a649df3418302ed885917cc13edb9 · sha256:e7d7f9837660fbfc… · /containers/cna/references/0
Attribution and limitations
- CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →
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