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CVE-2026-59253

n8n before 2.28.0 contains an improper authorization vulnerability allowing authenticated users to assign workflows to folders in other projects. Attackers can bypass project and folder authorization boundaries by supplying crafted request payloads during workflow creation, causing logical integrity violations in target project folder structures.
Lifecycle PUBLISHED1 preserved revisionFact urn:baitaphish:canonical-cve-fact-revision:v2:918183eb15f0553da4e36d91c1c773c88434ff3fc61d92a4c9f8a035ba781ea5
Known exploited
Not asserted
Disputed
No
Stale source
No
Conflicts
0

Affected products and versions

1 source assertion
{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","packageURL":"pkg:npm/n8n","product":"n8n","vendor":"n8n","versions":[{"lessThan":"2.28.0","status":"affected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"status":"unaffected","version":"2.28.0","versionType":"semver"}]}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5affected
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:12d687f7ad6267d263856088ac1bff79f9ee6345cf68b6114811c27ae9a16d99 · sha256:2856b1a40f57a1ad… · /containers/cna/affected/0

Provider-owned CVSS observations

1 source assertion
{"metric":{"attackComplexity":"LOW","attackRequirements":"NONE","attackVector":"NETWORK","baseScore":5.3,"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","privilegesRequired":"LOW","subAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","subConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","subIntegrityImpact":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","vectorString":"CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:L/SA:N","version":"4.0","vulnAvailabilityImpact":"NONE","vulnConfidentialityImpact":"NONE","vulnIntegrityImpact":"LOW"},"metric_type":"cvssV4_0"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cvss
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:12d687f7ad6267d263856088ac1bff79f9ee6345cf68b6114811c27ae9a16d99 · sha256:2856b1a40f57a1ad… · /containers/cna/metrics/0/cvssV4_0

CWE assertions

1 source assertion
{"cweId":"CWE-639","description":"Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key","lang":"en","type":"CWE"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5cwe
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:12d687f7ad6267d263856088ac1bff79f9ee6345cf68b6114811c27ae9a16d99 · sha256:2856b1a40f57a1ad… · /containers/cna/problemTypes/0/descriptions/0

Source references

2 source assertions
{"name":"GitHub Security Advisory (GHSA-2xgm-wc4g-5jvg)","tags":["vendor-advisory"],"url":"https://github.com/n8n-io/n8n/security/advisories/GHSA-2xgm-wc4g-5jvg"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:12d687f7ad6267d263856088ac1bff79f9ee6345cf68b6114811c27ae9a16d99 · sha256:2856b1a40f57a1ad… · /containers/cna/references/0
{"name":"VulnCheck Advisory: n8n - Improper Authorization in Workflow Assignment to Folders","tags":["third-party-advisory"],"url":"https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/n8n-improper-authorization-in-workflow-assignment-to-folders"}
  • cve_program_cvelist_v5reference
    urn:baitaphish:normalized-source-record:v2:12d687f7ad6267d263856088ac1bff79f9ee6345cf68b6114811c27ae9a16d99 · sha256:2856b1a40f57a1ad… · /containers/cna/references/1

Attribution and limitations

  • CVE Program CVEList V5: Reproduce the MITRE copyright designation and CVE license in copies. Source →

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